ROUNDING OUT THE STORY OF GILGAMESH
Simile identification and understanding
SIMILIES ABOUND IN GILGAMESH, AND GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ON GRAMMAR AS PART OF THE STORY
Define in your own words what the similes in the Epic of G mean
Share your answers with a partner:
- smashed the land like a cup
- it poured over the people like the tides of battles
3. The following simile is written on page 26 “When the gods smelled the sweet savor, they carried over like flies over the sacrifice” Explain what you believe this simile is expressing?
Reading Assignment:
Read pages 25 and 27 first silently
Answer the questions below individually
Share the answers with your partners
Group discusses the pages with the class.
1. Do you think the God’s are acting petty by deciding to damage the whole world because too many are there causing too loud a sound. Do you think this is the real reason for their action?
2. Who warned who about the flood and what God was the initiator of the flood. (Enil destroyed and Ea warned)
3. Read poem on page 27 together with the class: What does the message of the poem tell about the wisdom of God Ea as he speaks to God Enil
4. What happens to Utnapishtim and his wife at the end of the Flood? Do you believe this was a necessary reward? Forecast what you believe their future will be?
