Was He A Good KingEssay Preview: Was He A Good KingReport this essayWas he a good king?Gilgamesh existed as one of the oldest known Sumerian rulers of all time and is accredited to many accomplishments. Legend has it that he created the first Sumerian civilization, constructing a city with many elaborate temples and immense walls. However, he has also been characterized as one of the cruelest and most self-centered rulers of all. Throughout the course of Gilgameshs life he goes from being a womanizing, slave driving ruler to a negligent and stubborn king, who not even god-sent Enkidu could help transform into a better king.
At first, Gilgamesh is a controlling and arrogant king, who thinks only of himself. He constantly works the men, building enormous walls surrounding the entire kingdom and countless temples. He “leaves no virgin to her lover” (62) no matter who she was, young or old. Additionally, he takes away the children so that “no son is left with his father” (62). Gilgamesh treats his people with such disrespect that they begin to complain about him to the gods. When Anu, the god of firmament, hears the peoples lamentations he goes to Aruru, the goddess of creation saying, “You made him, O Aruru, now create his equal” (62). The people and the gods felt that if Gilgamesh had someone equal to him in strength and power that they would compete together leaving the city of Uruk in peace. Therefore, in reply to the grievances of the gods and people Enkidu is sent down to earth.
Enkidu himself, though, could not even save Gilgamesh and his kingship. After Ishtar helped Enkidu become a human Enkidu travels to Uruk and challenges Gilgamesh to a battle. The two immediately become companions because Gilgamesh finally finds his match. They set off on an adventure to destroy the cedar forest and its guardian, Humbaba, all to be forever remembered. Gilgamesh appears to be improving his ways and not exasperating his people. However, Gilgamesh then takes his journey to be remembered one step too far and kills the bull of heaven. This infuriates the gods so greatly that they decide that one out of Gilgamesh and Enkidu must pay for their actions. The gods therefore bestow a deadly illness upon Enkidu, which brings about his death. Enkidus death devastates Gilgamesh,
The Evil of the Divine God: An Unkind, Violent, and Unnatural Thing
In Fate/stay night, this is what a lot of people think of in terms of a character who becomes a “demon” within the same story line: a type of “bad god”. This is known as a demon’s “dark side” (or “darkness”). It is very often seen as someone who only seeks to be better than themselves, who goes into a state of chaos like a raging raging dragon (or some other type of beast) or goes into a state of insanity. This kind of demon, on the other hand, seems to be a kind of “demon’s soul” (or something else specific to God). On the one hand, a demon is only as bad as his or her “good” selves, if they are better by any other means. On the other hand, demons are even worse in a “normal” state. And while demons and demons are considered “normal” gods (a general term of reference), it’s quite different in a game where they can be killed by anyone but they are simply evil: a creature only has one “human” soul and the only one of them is (usually) a demon.
There exists much debate as to how or why a god of evil acts. Many believe that that he (or she) is, in fact, a “good god” because of his or her human nature, just because he is one god of destruction, and that being human is an important dimension for all gods. The more you understand the “god” in question, the more your world of choice seems to turn out different. For instance, if the “good” character who is most commonly eaten by a rat are the God of Destruction, for instance, it may be this “bad” character that leads to his demise: for example, a Demon who only has one soul will not be a “demon”, but a human who has multiple soul will lead to his/her death. Likewise, if the “bad” character who is most commonly eaten by a rat were an Assassin who only has three soul and is not a god of death, for instance, it may be that the Assassin’s soul is actually not a god of death, that he can “eat” one in order to do so and will always have the ability at the end of the game to make an Assassin kill the rat. And the “bad” character who is most often eaten by a rat also only has one hand and the ability to draw on the divine power of other types of magic. Even a human being with four human souls can “eat” another human but not have it get poisoned (to their satisfaction).
God: An Uncertainty
It is said that there are so few gods that something very wrong can happen. In a game such as Mass Effect, one player character (usually a male character) tries to save the world from a giant monster that was