Gilgamesh

I think The Epic of Gilgamesh, was a pretty interesting story, based on the fact that it had many different meanings to it. There was a lot to do with a certain girl who was supposed to break Enkidu down, to make him a little more human, rather than an animal who he lived with his whole life. He was as such as a counterpart to Gilgamesh, someone who could be as a companion to him because they had almost equal power of each other. The girl was basically used to bring Enkidu to Gilgamesh so they could fight and see how has more power.

I interpreted part of this story as a little degrading to women because the girl was only used for her body and her sex. Her feminine touch and her womanly instincts were the only thing that were of usefulness to the story. I think that this just adds to the nature of women not being respected in our society now, as well as back then. Throughout generations and generations, women have had the lower hand in society, not only in jobs but the way people look at them. I think that this story simplifies of how society does not respect women in the way they should be.

Another way I interpreted this story was men who wanted to fight and conquer themselves. A lot of the time Europeans went around the whole world conquering land that they did not own even when people were there already. It shows how power hungry they were just to be in rule or to be powerful, more powerful than anyone else. That is what Enkidu displays when he is forced to see Gilgamesh, in an effort to see who is more powerful.

Overall, this story can be interpreted in so many ways and different aspects but it connects greatly towards our world history.