Bull of Heaven and the Nuclear Bomb
The Bull of Heaven the Goddess Ishtar uses to hopefully destroy Gilgamesh, can be easily compared with a form of massive destruction—known today as the nuclear bomb.
She sent the Bull of Heaven cause Gilgamesh had rejected her sexually, thus she was feeling rage towards the King. It is for the same reasons one individual might activate a nuclear bomb, today (such as hatred, wrath).
Yet people, to accomplish the task of destruction, have to have at first an easy access towards the bomb, just like Ishtar had to the Bull of Heaven (as she was a Goddess); Someone such as a president of a potential country.
For both causes, no matter if past or present, a lot of innocent people shall die for either the nuclear bomb or the Bull of Heaven, that were not meant to die in the first place. The individual might have wanted to attack just a group of people contradicting his/her beliefs, or a country, cause of having politics and laws he/she disliked. Someone wouldn’t just want to kill the whole world as an effect or a small abhorrence, an attack that was meant for a specific group of people.
Though, the reasons of activating destruction might have been for different purposes, between Ishtar’s Bull of Heaven and the modern Nuclear bomb. It was because of love and rejection Ishtar sent the Bull towards Gilgamesh—only meant for him. Today, an individual is more probable to attack because of political affairs, that disagree or contradict his/her own.
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I think that your comparison is very interesting and made me think from a different perspective. Also when you said that many innocent people die I think you could have used a more specific example, except of saying a nuclear bomb I think you should talk specifically about Nagasaki and Hiroshima
I like taht you compare the situations in Gilgamesh to modern day situations and how you understand human motivations such as anger. Use more examples and deepen your analysis of charcaters.
You might want to try some other formats, like questions, etc. See my blog.
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