In the poem, "Anonymous, Gilgamesh", the role of Gilgamesh, at the very first sight of him, is one who possesses the characteristics of beauty, strength, and the ability to do greatness for his city, Uruk. Although this is how Gilgamesh looks from a first glance, he has a drawback of being a king who makes very unwise judgments towards his people by tyrannizing them. ... Gilgamesh is an epic poem of love, but contains grief that has a real change on his character, which causes him to have major flaws in his life as a ruler, which results in a cruel treatment upon the citizens that he reigns...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate