The Role Of Women In The Epic Of Gilgamesh

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Women, the daughter of a family, mother of children, wife of a husband, are beautiful beings created by a god. In Creation and the Cosmos, a collection of stories about how the world was created, many of the stories tell us that God created both man and woman. Although both men and women was created by a god, a woman’s obligations were different from a man’s. Since the beginning of mankind, women were viewed as secondary citizens. Even the word “mankind” uses the word man rather than woman. Women are the objects of men, owned by their fathers and husbands. They follow the tasks given to them. They stay home, clean, cook, and take care of children, in essence, they are housewives. While the men worked, fought in wars, and were the backbone of …show more content…

Gilgamesh is a demigod in his kingdom. Princess Ishtar, daughter of gods, fell for his charms and wanted him to be her husband. Gilgamesh rejects her request and accuses her of being, “a palace that crushes a warrior,” (32). Gilgamesh lists all the mistreatment of her previous husbands. Irritated by his words, Ishtar borrows the Bull of Heaven to “kill Gilgamesh on his home ground” (92). Not only she was trying to kill Gilgamesh, but she also destroyed many homes and innocent people in the kingdom. Ishtar is the symbol of devastation, destroying …show more content…

The Iliad by Homer, was set nine years into the Trojan War. The war started because Paris, prince of Troy, took Helen from Menelaus. As a result of this, the Greeks and Trojans ended their long peace. Helen’s husband, Menelaus and his brother Agamemnon declared war on Troy determined to bring Helen back. The Greeks settle on the Trojan beach which marked the beginning of the war. Because of this war, innocent Trojans lost their homes, husbands, sons, and their loved ones. Brother of Paris, Hector, died in combat. The war took away thousands of lives. Mothers of sons wept in sorrow. Helen was the main cause of the

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