Questions:
Chat:
Consider these questions before you log-on
to the chat session. You do not have to write essay answers, but
you should look at relevant passages of the text & jot down several
points before the chat session so that you can easily contribute
to the discussion. You should come to the chat session ready to submit
your answers.
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What is wrong with GIL
in the beginning? How is GIL "improved"? Through what institution
or experience?
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In part, Gilgamesh
is the story of human growth & development. When Enkidu is "tamed"
& rejected by the beasts, what does he want? How is this associated
with the meeting between GIL & E? What happens? What does
this mean; what does it illustrate?
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(15) Enkidu was grown
weak, for wisdom was in him.
Explain this. Usually we associate wisdom with strength. How
can wisdom make Enkidu weak?
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Is Humbaba evil?
Why does E/GIL kill him? What does it symbolize?
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Egyptian religion was
obviously polytheistic. How do you explain the familiar Judeo/Christian/Islamic
thoughts about the divine in the first three poems (44-5)? These
poems characterize the divine as: monotheistic ("Sole one awake there"),
"self-created," "perfect," the designer/creator of our world, & compassionate
("You deign to walk daily with men").
Short Answers:
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