The Revenge

As I read Tablet VI, I thought about revenge. After Gilgamesh told the godess Ishtar he didn't wanted to be with her because he knew that she will betray him, I began to see the godess reaction. The godess was mad at him because he had showed her foulness, he had "insulted" her. I started to watch the revenge when she went to her fater, the god Anu, and said to him; "Give me the Bull of Heaven that I may punish Gilgamesh the king, who has found out and told about the foulness of the godess. Give me the Bull of Heaven with which to kill him. Give me the Bull of Heaven or I will go to the Underworld and break its doors and let the come out to eat the living. How many are the dead compared to the living!"-pg. 32
When Ishtar said this, I thought about revenge, the way that she couldn't handle the truth so now she had to do something bad to Gilgamesh. The godess even threatened her own father just for revenge. But, even though she wanted to, her plan didn't work because Gilgamesh and Enkidu together defeated the Bull of Heaven. " 'Two people, companions, they can prevail together,' and Enkidu seized the bull by the reeking tail and Gilgamesh thrust hus sword with the skill of a butcher between the shoulders and horns, they kill the Bull."pg. 34. After reading this Tablet, I was able too see how wrong revenge is and that when people work together as a team (such as Gilgamesh and Enkidu), they are more powerful than anything.
When I began to read Tablet VII, I also began to see more revenge. At the beginning when Enkidu had a dream, I began to see it. "I dreamed that the gods were offended and held a council, and Anu said: 'They have killed the Bull of Heaven and killed Huwawa. One of them must die, the one of them who felled the tallest cellar.' Then Enlil said that Enkidu must die but Gilgamesh, the gifted, must not die. "- pg. 37. I saw how mad the gods were, and how they wanted to take revenge on someone, and they decided that Enkidu had to die.
Both Enkidu and Gilgamesh didn't like this destiny. They had become very close, closer than friends, brothers. And without Enkidu, Gilgamesh felt confused, he had finally found someone like him. "Why am i left to live while my brother dies? Why sould he die and I be spared to live?"-pg. 38. I thought it was kind of unfair that Enkidu going to die just because the gods prefered Gilgamesh. But then I realized that Gilgamesh kind of "loved" Enkidu, and he didn't want him to die. I noticed that they both each time became closer. Their relationship made me see how important friendship is. And I felt sorry for Gilgamesh as he saw his best friend die.