The main character who is 2/3 god and only 1/3 human.
Who is Gilgamesh?
100
A Forest
Where is the fight against Humbaba?
100
The Ordinary World.
What is the first phase of the hero's journey.
100
A lengthy narrative poem.
What is an epic?
100
You can always rely on a strong friendship.
What was the theme of the Humbaba scene?
200
The best friend of Gilgamesh who originally believed that he was an animal.
Who is Enkidu?
200
Humbaba was deformed and disfigured.
What is the reason Gilgamesh and Enkidu felt pity for Humbaba?
200
Gilgamesh puts Enkidu before himself and kills Humbaba eventhough he is frightened.
What is Gilgamesh respresenting a hero archetype?
200
The Epic of Gilgamesh is a mix of myth and history.
What is a characteristic of epic tradition?
200
Death is inevitable no matter who you are. It is a part of human life.
What is a theme of the entire Epic?
300
Uruk
Where does the Epic of Gilgamesh begin?
300
Identify the "the house whose people sit in darkness; dust is their food and clay their meat. They are clothed like birds with wings for covering, they see no light, they sit in darkness" (35)
What is the Underworld?
300
Gilgamesh has a dream that Enkidu dies and begins to wonder about death.
What is an example of Gilgamesh's "call to adventure"?
300
The embodiment of the values of a particular culture are used in this.
What is an epic tradtion?
300
Gilgamesh's dreams about the death of Enkidu.
What is an example of foreshawdowing?
400
Utnapishtim
Who does Gilgamesh go to see on his journey for everlasting life?
400
The people were loud, "'the uproar of mankind [was] intolerable and sleep [was] no longer possible by reason of the babel.' So the Gods agreed to exterminate mankind" (41)
What is the reason behind the flood?
400
Gilgamesh returns to the city of Uruk and begins to accept mortality.
What is an example of "the road back" or "recrossing the threshold"?
400
The type of language used in epics.
What is formal elevated language?
400
Gilgamesh is a blend of a human and god while Enkidu is a blend of a human and animal. They come from opposite walks of life.
What is an example of how Gilgamesh and Enkidu are foils?
500
Urshanabi
What is the name of the individual who Gilgamesh showed the Great Walls of Uruk to at the end of the Epic?
500
Enkidu dies and Gilgamesh realizes that he will meet the same fate.
What is the reason behind Gilgamesh's quest for eternal life?
500
Gilgamesh returns to Uruk and proclaims, "Urshanabi, climb up on to the wall of Uruk and inspect its foundation terrace, and examine well the brickwork" (46) he shows this.
What is Gilgamesh's "king archetype"?
500
To be strong, courageous, and fearless as well as to never give up.
What are cultural values embodied in Gilgamesh?
500
Gilgamesh and Enkidu pass through very frightening and intimidating forests that represent danger and the hero's struggle during this journey.