Character Analysis Mind Map

Gilgamesh was the world's oldest pic hero. He was an awe-inspiring, sparkling hero, but at first a epitome of a bad ruler: arrogant, oppressive, and brutal. He was a powerful king and warrior. He was a mixture of human and divine.

Gilgamesh was a great king and judge of the Underworld. He appears as "two-thirds divine and one-third human," Gilgamesh means "the off-spring is a hero." He was an awe-inspiring warrior. Gilgamesh's shattering realization that he will die and can attain immortality only by making a name for himself. He learns that death is inevitable.

He raised the axe at his side, he drew the sword at his belt. Gilgamesh struck him on the neck. Enkidu says to Gilgamesh, "you killed the guardian by your strength, who else could cut through this forest of trees?

You created this headstrong wild bull in ramparted Uruk, The onslaught of his weapons has no equal. His teammates stand forth by his game stick, He is harrying the young men of Uruk beyond reason. Day and night he rampages fiercely. Bold, superb, accomplished, and mature! His arrogance killed his friend Enkidu and he realizes that immortality does not exist.

Surpassing all kings, for his stature renowned, Heroic offspring of Uruk, a charging wild bull, he leads the way in the vanguard, He marches at the rear, defender of his comrades.

He struck the ground to confront him. At their heels the earth split apart, as they circled , the ranges of lebanon were sundered! Then Gilgamesh's weapons defeated Humbaba.

You created this headstrong wild bull in ramparted Uruk, The onslaught of his weapons has no equal.

The God of Wisdom brought his stature to perfection.He was perfection in height, Ideally handsome.

Oedipus is a powerful king that is ignorant to what he has done; killed his father and married his mother. He is brave to save the city that is oppressed by a sphinx with solving a riddle. He is egotistic and stubborn.

Oedipus is a powerful king that has been ruling Thebes successfully for many years, and has four children by Jocasta, two sons, and two daughters. He is athenian, optimistic, irascible, self-confident, both pious and skeptical in his attitudes toward religion, and a committed believer in the power of human reason.

This knowledge makes me an ally of both the god and the dead king. I pray god that the unseen killer, whoever he is, and whether he killed alone or had help, be cursed with a life as evil as he is, a life of utter human deprivation. There is irony in this statement because he is the killer.

I wouldn't have come to kill my father, no one could call me lover of her from whose body I came. I have no god now. I'm son to a fouled mother, I fathered children in the bed where my father children in the bed where my father once gave me deadly life. If ever an evil rules all other evils it is my evil, the life god gave to Oedipus.

That's right. I am angry enough to speak my mind. I think you helped plot the murder. Did everything but kill him with your own hands. Had you eyes, though, I would have said you alone were the killer.

I do pity you, children. Don't think I'm unaware. I know what need brings you: this sickness ravages all of you. Yet, sick as you are, not one of you suffers a sickness like mine. You've come to wake me to all this.

So? you come here? You have the nerve to face me in my own house? When you're exposed as its master's murderer? Caught trying to steal my kingship?

Oedipus, we need now the great power men everywhere know you possess. You were a bird from God, you brought good luck the day you rescued us.