Gilgamesh IV & V

As the story continues we can see how some things stayed the same and others changed and made everything clear. Something that stayed the same was the repeating. I think that’s important, because it gives it emphasis and at the same time it isn’t exactly the same, but something else is added. Like the part when Gilgamesh has the dreams and how everything happens exactly the same and then the dream is always something different. “After a time of oblivion of sleep poured in upon the king, the strongest of all. He slept, but at midnight suddenly awoke, and awakened the companion, Enkidu: “Did you call put to me, just now in the night? … I had a dream…” ” (21 and 22)
Something that was interesting and new was how Enkidu was able to uncover the mysteries in Gilgamesh´s dreams. I often have weird dream I would love the real meaning to and I think that then that happens in the story, it gives it a “special touch”.
Again we see how Enkidu´s and Gilgamesh´s companionship bond develops. We can see how now they trust each other and in a way know that they do. At the beginning it all seemed a bit confusing how there could be a sort of bond between them, but as the story continues and they have more adventures, you can easily start to understand how the bond really works and what it really means. A great example of it is when they actually find Huwawa. One gets scared and the other goes back to get him and support him by giving him the strength they were looking for. “Enkidu found him and said: “Two people, companions, they can prevail together against the terror.”” (26)
There was something different in this tablet. There was irony. Didn’t they call Gilgamesh “the terror”? I think they did, but it was probably because that was what people thought when they saw him because of his size or something like that, because latter on with the dreams and being in Huwawa´s presence it looked to me as if he was the one being terrorized.