This tablet is probably the one that has impacted me the most, I really enjoyed the whole deal with the floods sent by the gods and the whole dilemma with Utnapishtim. I think the most common and probably most used example of this is noah the biblical character and his ark. But enough with the ark people. I think we should really analize the tablet and start focusing on Gilgamesh and his whole life/death dilemma. In this tablet i believe it is finally made clear to Gilgamesh that death is something he cannot avoid, although he is rich and is royalty, he finally figuresnout that death is something that no one can escape. Just as my close friend Stephen Colbert said: "Attack life, it´s going to kill you anyways". But back to Gilgamesh, by not passing the test of sleep and immortality it is proven that he just isn´t cut out to immortal. Another reason which proves that he is not worthy of immortality is when the snake (evil character in almost every possible piece of writing) steals the plant from him. Utnapishtim on the other hand, does deserve immortality from my point of view and isn´t some wise-ass king who thinks he knows everything.
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