Literary Terms
A long narrative poem about the adventures of a hero.
Epic
King of Uruk
Gilgamesh
Gilgamesh was king of what?
The City of Uruk
The main character in a literary work.
Protagonist
The oldest piece of fictional literature known today.
The Epic of Gilgamesh
Not mortal; not subject to death; undying.
immortal
Gilgamesh's equal; wild man
Enkidu
Enkidu and Gilgamesh fought and defeated Humbaba here.
Cedar Forest
(will accept forest)
A character who undergoes a particular change in a story.
Dynamic character
How were epics shared?
Orally
Formal poems of praise and songs of grief that the living give on behalf of the dead.
Lament
The goddess that Gilgamesh turns down
Ishtar
A man-bird suffocates him, then he is turned into a bird and the man-bird flies him to the underworld. When/ where in the story?
Enkidu's dream
A character who is so ordinary or unoriginal that the character seems like an oversimplified representation of a type, gender, class, religious group, or occupation.
Stereotype
What develops Gilgamesh and Enkidu's mutual respect?
Fighting each other
Part god part human
Demigod
Who Gilgamesh went to, to fins the secret of immortality.
Utnapishtim
What is the result of Gilgamesh and Enkidu defeating the bull?
Enkidu is killed by the gods
Gilgamesh can be considered what type of character?
dynamic or round character
Why does Ishtar become upset with Gilgamesh?
He turns her down.
godly, or otherworldy, involvement
Divine intervention
What Gilgamesh fought in the City of Uruk because he angered Ishtar by refusing to marry her.
Bull of Heaven
This person could not sleep for six days and seven nights
Gilgamesh
Aruru would be considered this type of character?
static or flat
Why do the gods offer Utnapishtim immortality?
he endured the great flood