Tablet XI is one of the longer tablets. It relates the conversation between Utnapishtim and Gilgamesh.
Gilgamesh asks Utnapishtim how he became immortal, he himself wanting to become immortal. Utnapishtim's story and the story of Noah's Ark are quite similar, with both having the command of a deity for a man to build an arc to save himself and animals from a flood.
I have a bad feeling about characters looking for immortality. If we look towards other stories of characters defeating death, such as the Pardoner's Tale, which ends up with all characters, who attempted to cheat death, dead themselves. However, possibly there is a happy ending.
Gilgamesh asks Utnapishtim how he became immortal, he himself wanting to become immortal. Utnapishtim's story and the story of Noah's Ark are quite similar, with both having the command of a deity for a man to build an arc to save himself and animals from a flood.
I have a bad feeling about characters looking for immortality. If we look towards other stories of characters defeating death, such as the Pardoner's Tale, which ends up with all characters, who attempted to cheat death, dead themselves. However, possibly there is a happy ending.
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