Oedipus Rex Vs. Gilgamesh

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English

 

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Leila G

 

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January 28, 2014

 

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University

 

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Gilgamesh would have fought any monster or conquered any feat that stood in his way. Following the death of Enkidu, Gilgamesh was determined to unearth the secret of life and death to bring his friend back from the afterlife. He had to cross many dangerous paths which "no one who [was] alive [could] cross...
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He had to cross many dangerous paths which "no one who [was] alive [could] cross..." however, he never gave up and finally reached Enkidu. Both men had tragic outcomes; however, Oedipus' ending was by far the most heartrending. The tragedy of him being a "son, And a husband, to the woman who bore him; father-killer, And father-supplanter" (Sophocles, 38) is by far inferior to Gilgamesh losing a friend to the afterlife...
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