April 1 100-word response due at the time of class: Gilgamesh 2

Write a 100-word minimum response to the following prompt based on the reading for today. Your answer may be informal and exploratory, but should be grounded in the text itself.  In addition to answering the prompt, you are welcome to use this space to briefly record your reactions, thoughts, and/or questions about the content of the reading. The deadline for submitting this response is 11:30 on the day of class.

Prompt: How would you describe Gilgamesh’s lament for Enkidu in tablet VIII? In particular (focus on the following questions if they help, or choose your own focus): what formal features such as parallel constructions, repetition etc. do you notice? What effect do they have? What, do you think, do these features convey? To whom/what does Gilgamesh compare himself and Enkidu? Do these comparison make sense to you and if so what is their meaning?