Considering the over-arching theme of didactic purpose in literature, choose a feature and compare The Epic of Gilgamesh to Homer’s The Iliad. Thoughts to consider: Which epic provides a more valuable lesson? Perhaps a character is most valuable? Theme? Style? Any of these aspects might help you make an argument.
250-300 words max
NO QUOTING from any other source except the literature.
Keep literature quotes to less than three lines and cite quotations. THREE LINES OF POETRY COUNTS AS THREE LINES!
website for book – https://archive.org/details/the-illiad-pdfdrive/page/n13/mode/2up
The other poem is in the files
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