As I read this book I want to keep on reading, it has many lessons to teach us history and of life. A phrase that I've seen frequently in the book, "Two people, companions, they can prevail" has got my attention, I believe one of the most important things that you might be able to get is how friendship helps overcome problems and the way you get to work well with friends. You notice that in Tablet VI, Gilgamesh has a very strong personality and that he is able to live without Ishtar, he knows what has happened with others and prefers to be alone that to have problems. It's a very wise decision knowing what has happened to others of her lovers.
All this causes terrible arguments with the gods, they would like to protect the goddess, but Shamash was on Gilgamesh's side, opposing the rest of the gods. "You went with them as if you were companion, day after day as they went upon their journey to violate the Forest and kill the guardian."(pg.37) by this quotation I'm trying to demonstrate that as many people think, gods are fair, but with this you notice that Shamash is not being fair, he will always be on Gilgamesh's side. Enkidu is a very strong character, but since his dream, his strength has been decreasing noticeable. He has no strength to get out of bed and he's afraid of anything that occurs. It's incredible how a dream can change a person's way of being, as it happened to Enkidu.
I have some doubts on what will occur to Enkidu, will he finally surrender and die? Will Gilgamesh die as well? If Gilgamesh doesn't die will he be able to keep up with what he had been doing with Enkidu?
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