Due Feb 6
Mesopotamian Epic 2
Reading: Gilgamesh, the hero’s quest for immortality, Tablets VII-XI (pp48-73).
Writing: Post 1-2 sentences in response to one of the following prompts:
- Seems to me this epic just gets weirder as it goes along. Quote a line or cite a plot event from the second half of the epic that strikes you as a good starting point for discussion—and comment on why it’s puzzling.
- Gilgamesh’s quest for immortality takes him beyond the mortal plane. Quote a line or cite a plot event that strikes you as suggestive for understanding this culture’s conception of the cosmos beyond—and comment on what it suggests.
Oddities
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That which lies beyond mortal ken
—what Hamlet called “The undiscovered country from whose bourn / No traveller returns”)
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