This part of the plot is the most exciting that a conflict can get, (ex. Gil. and Enkidu killing Humbaba)
What is climax?
100
This is our protagonist, the king of Uruk.
Who is Gilgamesh?
100
Called cuneiform, the Mesopotamians invented this.
What is writing?
100
This is how Gilgamesh fulfilled the "unusual birth" step of the Hero Cycle.
What is begin born 2/3 god, 1/3 man?
100
This character said, "Mother, I dreamed a second dream. In the streets of strong-walled Uruk there lay an axe; the shape of it was strange and the people thronged round. I saw it and was glad."
Who is Gilgamesh?
200
This part of the plot gives the reader background into a story that begins in the middle of things (en media res).
What is the exposition?
200
A wild man who is created to knock Gilgamesh out of power, but becomes his best friend and sidekick.
Who is Enkidu?
200
Because of their rich harvests, the Mesopotamians were the first civilizations to live in ___________.
What are cities?
200
This is how Gilgamesh fulfilled the "journey/quest/adventure" step of the Hero Cycle.
What is going to the forest with Enkidu?
200
This character said, "You made him, O Aruru; now create his equal; let it be as like him as his own reflection, his second self; stormy heart for stormy heart. Let them contend together and leave Uruk in quiet."
Who are the people of Uruk?
300
This part of the plot builds the excitement before the climax happens (ex. Gil. and Enkidu's wrestling, friendship, and journey to the forest).
What is rising action?
300
This man was given immortality after surviving a worldwide flood and lives at the beginning of the rivers.
Who is Utnapishtim?
300
This is our best guess for when the Epic was written.
What is 2700 B.C.E.
300
This is how Gilgamesh fulfilled the "divine help" step of the Hero Cycle.
What is having dreams to make them brave in the forest?
300
This character said, "Who has violated my woods and cut down my cedar?".
Who is Humbaba?
400
This part of the plot allows other conflicts to be resolved, while preparing us for the end.
What is falling action?
400
Shamash was the god of the _____, who granted Gil. and Enkidu dreams to make them brave in the forest.
What is sun?
400
The Epic of Gilgamesh is our oldest known example of this type of story-telling poetry.
What is epic narrative poetry?
400
This is how Gilgamesh fulfilled the "constant tests" step of the Hero Cycle.
What is Gilgamesh's search for immortality?
400
This character was told by Gilgamesh, "Your lovers have found you like a brazier which smoulders in the cold, a backdoor which keeps out niether squall of wind nor storm..."
Who is Ishtar?
500
This is the part of the plot where most conflicts get resolved and we're left with a conclusion of theme.
What is the resolution?
500
This is the Mesopotamian goddess of love, fertility, war.
Who is Ishtar?
500
This was the god of the people of Uruk.
Who is Anu?
500
This is how Gilgamesh fulfilled the "spiritual reward" step of the Hero Cycle.
What is the fulfillment of his destiny, having his name stamped on brick?
500
This character speaks to one of the major themes of The Epic of Gilgamesh when he/she says, "There is no permanence".