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The Role of Death in the Epic of Gilgamesh
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Abstract
Human’s fear of death and pursuit of eternal life have long been reflected in literary texts. As a representative of ancient Mesopotamian literature, the epic of Gilgamesh not only symbolizes the peak of Near Eastern epics, but also brings an ultimate proposition into literature for the first time——How to resist the fear of death and how to achieve infinite immortality in a finite life. This paper consists of three parts. The first part is the introduction, which introduces the background and significance of the research. The second part is the text analysis, and the third part is the analysis of the philosophical significance of the image of death by combining the ancient religious view of Mesopotamia and the concept of modern people.
Keywords
Gilgamesh, death and immortality, text analysis
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Yu,S. (2023). The Role of Death in the Epic of Gilgamesh. Communications in Humanities Research,19,210-214.
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