heeconomy is thriving, then the people say the president is doing a good job. If the countryis in a state of depression, the president will most likely not win the reelection. The peopleof this city didn’t care much that he had ill qualities. It was more important to see theones that kept the city moving and expanding.From the point of view of certain gods, however, Gilgamesh made too manymistakes. Gilgamesh himself was part god, but he still was part human and nothing couldchange that about Gilgamesh. The story of Gilgamesh is an epic tale that revolves aroundthe life of a hero. This is the first issue. Gilgamesh doesn’t think of himself as a mortalman. He begins to question death in Tablet IX after the death of his companion Enkidu. Gilgamesh wandered in the wilderness grieving over the death of Enkidu andweeping saying: “Enkidu has died. Must I die too? Must Gilgamesh be like that?” Gilgamesh felt the fear of it in his belly. He said to himself that he would seek theson of Ubartutu, Utnapishtim, he, the only one of men by means of whom he mightfind out how death could be avoided. He said to himself that he would hasten tohim, the dangers of the journey notwithstanding.He is forced to face his own mortality. It seems in the passage that Gilgamesh never evenconsidered death before this instance. He assumed that death only can to other people. Gilgamesh is in a state of denial at first, by the death of Enkidu and second, by therealization that his death may also soon come. Gilgamesh isn’t a hero at the beginning of this tale. Gilgamesh develops into ahero. He has great qualities that are uncommon in ordinary men. He is a skilled fighter,passionate, bold, aggressive, and has incredible strength. What he lacks in may be thegreatest qualities that a hero can possess. Gilgamesh is unwise in decisions and has a illconception of justice. Gilgamesh is tightly linked with the gods, perhaps ...
