Indian epic poetry

as Second Defense of the English People, Areopagitica, and The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates. Analyszing their individual falls revelas that Milton uses the falls to solidfy Eve as a symbol of liberty and Adam as a symbol of reason. Thoughout the epic, Adam is portrayed as a symbol of reason through his rational disposition. In Areopagitica, John Milton’s address to the English Parliament of censorship, he states “Many there be that accuse divine accusation for suffering Adam to transgress. Foolish

The Epic of Gilgamesh tells the tale of Gilgamesh, the demigod king of Uruk, and his epic quest to find eternal life, after his best friend, Enkidu, dies. On this journey, Gilgamesh seeks the help of Utnapishtim, who tells his story about the flood he survived. This flood story is extremely similar to the one told in the Bible. After breaking down both stories and looking especially at the reasons for the flood, amount of destruction, and the way to find land after, it becomes apparent that ideas

The poem The Epic of Gilgamesh is considered to be the first documented work of literature, which originated in Uruk, a city-state located along the channel of the Euphrates River in Sumer. The Sumerians were the first civilization in Mesopotamia to devise a system of written language, which consisted of wedge shaped characters that were inscribed in clay tablets. This system of writing is known as cuneiform, and it was used to record The Epic of Gilgamesh. Throughout this epic poem, Gilgamesh, the

Throughout human history people around the world have looked upon the stars and pondered their very existence, seeking answers for questions that seem as unanswerable to many: how did we get here, what are we here for, what happens when we die? More often than not theses questions were left unresolved and humanity was forced to find reason in their own existence. Humanity began to look at the world around them for explanation, slowly creating stories that would become the building blocks of religion

Gilgamesh was the king of Uruk; in the epic he is described as an arrogant, selfish, powerful king that cannot be compared to anyone as an equal because of his beauty, size and strength. Though he was handsome, strong and a god among people, he cared little for the well being of his people in the contrary he felt that he needed to sleep with a man’s wife before the husband. Odysseus the hero from the book The Odyssey was the ruler of Ithaca. He was one of the most conspicuous Greek leaders that fought

An epics purpose is to promote or instruct values and traditions from the culture of the epics origin. There is a method to determine if a story leads to the direction of “epic” according to J.B. Hainsworth. Hainsworth states there are certain elements that deem a story the title of “epic” which are: The emergence of a certain idea of heroic action, the great scale in which the story is to portray the qualities of the mind of the hero, the relation between the hero and his deeds to the cosmic order

characters. Even though stories like The Epic of Gilgamesh and the Book of Genesis were written thousands of year ago, (when stories were told mostly told from a males perspective) the light shined on women in the texts show them as wise, strong, and greatly influential beings. In The Epic of Gilgamesh and the Book of  Genesis, the writer shows the women as bringers of knowledge,  guidance, and care to the men in the texts that are lacking thereof. The women of The Epic of Gilgamesh are used to guide and

When hearing the word “Satan”, people often think of a red man with horns, a pitchfork, and a tail; he is often visualized in the pits of the underworld surrounded by flames. Why does society picture him this way? Some may say “Because he is evil” or “Because he fell from heaven”, but people mostly believe this because this is what they were taught.  Satan is a figure appearing in many texts of religion as someone who brings evil and temptation. He is known as the deceiver who leads humanity astray

The young-adult novel of Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games is an epic story that represents the hero’s journey of Katniss Everdeen, an ambitious teenager who fights for survival against the oppressive government. The hero’s journey is the story of an epic hero’s adventure as he or she meets and overcomes multiple challenges and obstacles through each of the twelve stages. Homer’s epic poem, The Odyssey, is a well-known example that portrays the hero’s journey. The Hunger Games is a modern work, popular

John Milton wrote his own version of the Genesis, the story of the fall of man provoked by Satan, and took “from the first three chapters of Genesis, he forged twelve books of epic verse, which he fleshed out with his vast knowledge of the classics, history, theology, and science” (Milton 772). Which was made it into a very detailed poem named, Paradise Lost. John Milton explores Satan’s flaws being ambition and pride which led Satan near failure. His flaws influenced him to battle against God after