Both characters are also lower in rank than their leaders, who are both kings and semi-divine. ... Gilgamesh begins by outwardly stating that Gilgamesh travels far and sees all, and that his adventures are set down on a tablet of stone, which implies a sort of immortality right from the outset. It is in this paean to Gilgamesh at the very opening of the epic which would seem to summarize all that comes after and set his seemingly uninteresting and un-heroic end in a perspective, which many commentators seem to overlook. ...

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The issues raised by King Oedipus such as incest, parricide, genetics, values and faith are all relative to that period in time. ... This also illustrates the ambiguity in life that all that seems certain may not necessarily be as it seems. ... Movies such as Terminator, Die Hard, Mad Max all were filled with violence yet the main character were given hero status as they brandished their own style of justice. ... Superman also bears much resemblance to kings and warriors who go into battle for honour, values and love. ... Australian writer Richard Neville has identified Xena as "just a big, br...

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