Literature Class of 2014
Fyffe Senior bloggers worked on Battle of the Royal Epics
Thursday, September 26, 2013
Epic Poem
The definition of a Epic Poem is " a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds". The three that we have discussed have been remembered and cherished because they exemplify this definition superbly. Not only does the epics, Beowulf, Gilgamesh and the Iliad all give extraordinary heroes who portray wonderful traits it also gives you incite to a few of their flaws such as selfishness, greed, and self control. These flaws are what have allowed the poems to stand above others throughout the years.Readers get the since of the perfect hero but feel they can relate to him when they are revealed he isn't completely perfect.
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I like the fact that you pointed out that even though they are great heroes they do have flaws. Any man has flaws wether it be a major flaw or just a tiny flaw. A major flaw that was revealed in Gilgamesh was that Gilgamesh himself was very selfish. By acting as selfish as he did ultimately ended up in a fatal end to his best friend Enkidu that could possibly been avoided.
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