Part 3 begins with Ishtar's proposal to Gilgamesh and his ungentlemanly rejection. Lesson One - don't dis the goddess or else. She releases the Bull of Heaven, a symbol of earthquake, and it wreaks havoc on Uruk until Gilgamesh and Enkidu kill it. Afterward, Enkidu insults Ishtar and that is the final straw. The gods decide that one of them must suffer for the killing of Humbaba and the Bull - they decide it will be Enkidu. His death scene and dreams are horrific. He dreams of death a a place of vampires, toil and dust (dust to dust). He enters death as a conscious being who is seen and spoken to. It is clear that the afterlife holds everyone in the same place - servant, prince, and priest. Enkidu dies, Gilgamesh grieves and then begins his quest for immortality.
Today, the class worked in small groups and read Part Three. They wrote a paragraph summarizing Part 3. Each group was assigned a major action and they created a skit in modern voice. The scenes were: Ishtar's rejection, Bull of Heaven, Enkidu's dream, Enkidu's death.
Narrative poems were due today - put in the EP and printed copy given to me.
Homework: Read War and Peace, write a 5 page essay or watch the Super Bowl :)
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