ENG - English ENG 2330 Chapter Notes - Chapter Tablets 2 - 5: Enkidu, Ninsun
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>learns to eat with shepherds ( cooked food ) >learns to drink alcohol ( 7 jugs of beer ) >wears clothing ( as beautiful as a bridegroom (foreshadowing the relationship between gilgamesh and enkidu) ) >wedding happening uruk - not enkidu"s or gilgamesh, but gilgamesh lays in pleasure with the bride before the husband in the marital chamber. >gilgamesh"s aura and power is overwhelming to everyone. >implication that the people gilgamesh desires are overcome by his interest. >the use of the word power renders gilgamesh"s behavior as problematic. >enkidu is upset by this - plans to put a stop to it. >love at first fight, enkidu is a match for gilgamesh, but is defeated. >but at the same time enkidu captured gilgamesh"s heart. >by turning his chest away gilgamesh is trying to conceal his body language as not to show enkidu how he feels, like he was caught off guard. (embarrassment vs shame)