6, 1-6). Further in the text, Gilgamesh indicates: "I want your words to be true. I have never known such weariness before, As if some life in me has disappeared Or needs to be filled up again" (Mason: 20, 5-8). He indicates he is longing for something, but doesn't know what that is yet. Enkidu is uncivilized, living in the wild, relating only to animals where "He ran with the animals...not knowing fear or wisdom" (Mason: 16, 13-15). Enkidu also displays his human side while in the wild: "Like a brother And they drank together at a pool Like two friends" (Mason: 16, 24-26). Enkidu is also longing for something while in the wild as he is "Looking for his friends who had gone He felt a strange exhaustion, As if life had left his body. He felt their absence" (Mason: 18, 20-23). Both exist as part man; therefore, they both lack all that is needed to fully realize what it is to be human. One lacks what the other has. This difference is what makes them similar which further points to the polarity of their natures. Neither, at this point, has the ability to truly reason, to feel compassion and love, to become a thinking, feeling human being. Therefore, we understand who they are because of who they are not. It is the difference of being less than human that relates them
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