Anonymous, Gilgamesh

             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's gender shapes his approach, style, and attitude towards human life, by he believes that he is a man that should know everything that goes on, and therefore he puts himself in that position as he abuses his people, which shows that he has a lack of maturity. If Gilgamesh were a mature king, the idea of him showing off his power would not even come to his head, and would treat his people with more respect and, therefore, rule the city justly.
             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 over. The difference in the text between "masculine" and "feminine" styles of living is that the male figure will develop the right characteristics at first, but later on as they gain certain access to things, in this case Gilgamesh being the king of the city of Uruk, they may become overbearing and do more harm than good. In contrast, the female figure may gain access to certain powers, but instead of getting carried away, they may find ways to use their abilities without going to an extent where they may lose control of themselves and let their power become too extreme.
             The characters in the story, for the most part, fall into the clear categories of being either male or female, but the character of Gilgamesh has both characteristic genders of male and female. When the gods Anu and Aruru noticed the way Gilgamesh acted towards his people, they intended to have a rival and companion for him, a man named Enkidu.