Gilgamesh

Gilgamesh Reading Response 1 Gilgamesh Gilgameshs character changes noticeably from the beginning of the story to the end. Gilgamesh starts off being two-thirds God an d one-third human. This power takes control of him and the townspeople cry out t o the gods; Gilgamesh sounds the tocsin for his amusement, his arrogance has no bounds by day or night. No son is left with his father, for Gilgamesh takes them all, even the children; yet the king should be a shepherd to his people. His lust leaves no virgin to her lover, neither the warrior s dau ghter nor the wife of the noble; yet this is the shepherd of the city, wise, com ely, and resolute . (13) When the gods heard their cries a beast/man crea ted to be Gilgamesh gilgamesh, out, power, yet, townspeople, takes, shepherd, sets, realizes, journey, gods, closer, wise, wife, while, warrior, virgin, value, unknown, two-thirds, together, tocsin, throughou, thought, ted, story, starts, sounds, son, should, set, seems, seem, safety, response