Themes and Treasures
Themes from Gilgamesh and Hamlet
The uncertainty of death.
Hamlet has been unable to act upon his motives for personal revenge, and this frustrates him. He does seriously consider suicide. He relates his personal struggle to the struggles that all of mankind shares. Given that you don't know what happens after you die, Hamlet realizes that death wouldn't be the ideal resolution.
"You have turned dark and do not hear me!" But his (Enkidu's) eyes do not move, he touched his heart, but it beat no longer."
Gilgamesh is is talking about how Enkidu is dead, it still doesn't seem like he totally accepts this fact. As Gilgamesh touches Enkidu's heart as though he were trying to see if, by some miracle, Enkidu wasn't actually dead.
Love and friendship
The death of Enkidu is painful for Gilgamesh, and he seeks out immortality for himself.
The complexity of action.
Gertrude drinks the poison meant for Hamlet, then Hamlet is killed by a poisonous sword by Laertes, and Claudius is forced to drink the poison by Hamlet. Hamlet's revenge is done.
The journeys in life.
Gilgamesh has the plant of life in his hand all he has to do is return home, but he falls asleep and the plant is lost. He returns to Uruk as a better king and leader.
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