Pampered to Death

Gilgamesh Reading Response

Tablet VI

After Gilgamesh, the strongest of all, the perfect, the terror, came back with the cedar victoriously killing Huwawa. He was more than a hero. As he said, his sons fame will be secure. It was just like troy, the fame and being remembered for ever was crucial. Achilles was really keen to be in history.

As he was perfect, the goddess Ishtar declared to Gilgamesh. After Gilgamesh insulting her not accepting, her anger and whims did what she always wants to. As she couldn't get what she wished, she came directly to her father the God Anu to release the great bull in vengeance. If he wouldn't she will make a whole scandal by just breaking the door from the underworld and release the dead with thirst of more death. I really didn't like that goddess. She reminds me of today's society as annoying girls that don't get what they want and at least they want to commit suicide. It is really frustrating. It is like the Sweet 16 MTV program were little rich girls make a whole disaster for a party. Instead of not having Gilgamesh, they didn't have the dress they wanted, so it is a total chaos. For Ishtar, she would provoke a total chaos, and in return, the poor bull was killed and some people form Uruk died. It was all for some childish whim.