‘Gilgamesh and Enkidu’s journey to kill Humbaba is, like Thomas’ poem, an expression of reaching for immortality.’ How far do you agree? In your response you should: Use evidence from Gilgamesh and Dylan Thomas’ Do not go gentle into that good night , and spend time unpicking those quotations Compare to the Thomas poem – what thematic and linguistic similarities can you find between the two? Use the table on the back to help you. Where do they diverge and become distinct? in this paper you must compare Stephen Mitchells Gilgamesh Book 1 – 6 up to page 140, and Dylan Thomas’ “Do not go gentle into that good night” poem. The main question is: ‘Gilgamesh and Enkidu’s journey to kill Humbaba is, like Thomas’ poem, an expression of reaching for immortality.’ How far do you agree? These are the two official required sources, an example of how the writing should be done is in the attachment. in the attachment you will see that it also mentions how different theorists would think about the comparison, the presentation that i’ve attached shows which theorists we learned about.
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