West Civilization review
In this paper you have asked us to look at four readings, to compare and contrast the visions or attitudes towards death and the afterlife. The four readings that we were asked to look at where the Epic of Gilgamesh, Homer's Iliad, Plato's Apology, and finally the Martyrdom of Polycarp. The paper will be set up in the following format. First, I will give my findings in each of the four works, starting with the Epic of Gilgamesh, Homer's Iliad, Plato's Apology, and then finally the Martyrdom of Polycarp. Second, relate any comparisons or contrasts that I have found between the four works. Now, let us begin with the Epic of Gilgamesh. The Epic of Gilgamesh, I felt that there were two themes that related to the papers objective. One theme dealing with death and the other theme dealing with the afterlife. First, in regards to death the story illustrates to me that the overall view on death was that it was inevitable. I felt that this was shown in Enkidu's death. It was at that point for the first time I believe that Gilgamesh believed that everyone was mortal and at some point everyone is going to die including himself and with realization, he begins to deny the truth and face the reality of his own death. In regards to the after
It was the type of peace that was promised to those who believed in the Holy Spirit and the teachings of the Christian religion. Plato wrote Plato's Apology, after the death of Socrates. They probably reflected the feelings of the people during each period in regards to the way death and the idea of an afterlife were viewed. I believe that in the story, Socrates remains confident in his belief that death is nothing to worry about. Hector spoke of this death in the conversation with his wife. I will now begin to compare and contrast them as you requested. life, the idea that the story presented was that immortality is unachievable. I will first look at any comparison that I could see between any of the readings and then finally any contrasting views I found between the stories. In the Apology and Polycarp, both main characters death was a result of a trial and neither of them feared their death, because of their beliefs in the afterlife and how they each viewed death. He argues that either the dead experience nothing, in which case at least they are at peace and if there is an afterlife, as the legends foretell, then the virtuous will be rewarded there for their good deeds. He stood by the teachings of his faith and in the end died for his faith. It was revealed to us through the character of Hector, when he spoke of the death that was fated to him. Finally, the Martyrdom of Polycarp is a story of a leader of a church in Smyrna in the Asia Minor.
Common topics in this essay:
Epic Gilgamesh,
Polycarp Eighty-six,
Martyrdom Polycarp,
Homer's Iliad,
Plato's Apology,
Minor Polycarp,
Apology Polycarp,
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Iliad Hector,
Holy Spirit,
plato's apology,
martyrdom polycarp,
epic gilgamesh,
death viewed,
homer's iliad,
iliad plato's apology,
common link,
regards death,
iliad plato's,
afterlife viewed,
finally martyrdom,
homer's iliad plato's,
finally martyrdom polycarp,
epic gilgamesh homer's,
gilgamesh homer's iliad,
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