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             The relation to our brief discussion of "Catharsis" relates to Gilgamesh realization because after all, Gilgamesh is all about how civilization started and how it should be. It is a tale full of the culture during the Mesopotamian age, the origin of the western culture. It is clear that the story is based on the idea of divine rights and existence of gods that rule the world. The prompts that Gilgamesh confront his own mortality was a plant of immortality at the bottom of the ocean, Gilgamesh gets it, but a snake steals it.

                  Who killed Enkidu? He aspires to be Gilgamesh's rival but instead becomes his soul mate. The gods punish Gilgamesh and Enkidu by giving Enkidu a slow, painful, inglorious death for killing the demon Humbaba and the Bull of heaven. Shamhat the temple prostitute who tames Enkidu by seducing him away from his natural state. In Enkidu's dream, the gods Anu, Enlil, & Shamash are confabbing. Anu says that, because Gilgamesh and Enkidu killed the bull of heaven and Humbaba, whichever one of them chopped down the biggest tree in the Cedar Forest must die. He can't understand why the gods sparing him and condemning Enkidu to die.

          Living in the wild, Enkidu has a simple life and lives at peace with the wild animals. There are different because Gilgamesh was considered a hero because he had many great qualities, such as loyalty, perseverance, and prideful. Gilgamesh was a great man and was seen as flawless and "perfect in strength." Gilgamesh is good looking and Enkidu looks like a beast pretty much. Gilgamesh is mostly full with courage and fearless. Enkidu was born of the wild, growing up among the wild animals and learning how to live of the land, so he could know what to fear and what not to fear, they are alike because they are both strong, almost undefeatable.