Hamlet And Gilgamesh Greed Quotes

Greed and the Power in Gilgamesh and Hamlet Both Gilgamesh and Hamlet shows humanity’s greedy nature and human’s power. Gilgamesh “touches on the most fundamental questions of what it means to be human: death friendship, nature and civilization, power and violence, travel adventures and homecoming, love and sexuality” (Puncher 33). Hamlet is about the murder of a king by his brother and his brother marrying his wife to become the new king. Throughout both of these plays there are example of characters greed and desire for power. Greed is evident in both Hamlet and Gilgamesh. The main character that showed greed in Gilgamesh is Gilgamesh. His greed is evident from the very beginning of the story when he takes the bride of a man and states that he is “the

Ultimately the characters strive for power does not end well. In particular the story of Gilgamesh the main character Gilgamesh has power and abuses it. Gilgamesh is a greedy king who gets what he wants. He often has no consideration for his people that are looking up to him. The quote stated above about Gilgamesh can also speak for his power. Because Gilgamesh had a lot of power he is able to do anything he wishes. When Gilgamesh and Enkidu meets Gilgamesh is trying to sleep with a bride before her husband can. Gilgamesh has power but he abuses his power and his people are the ones who are punished. Claudius also thrives for power. It is ultimately Claudius’s need for power that urges him to kill his brother so he could marry his brother’s wife and become king. Claudius does not even stop his wife Gertrude from drinking the poisoned wine. He does say “Gertrude, do not drink” (Shakespeare. 5.2. 262). Claudius does not but tell her not to drink the wine but by the time he tells her that it is too late. Both Gilgamesh and Claudius have power. They do not use their power to benefit others. Both Gilgamesh and Claudius’s power harms their