How Significant Losses affect People
We realize how important was Enkidu’s presence for Gilgamesh, who, at first happened to be some sort of lonely ruler, became more friendly and flexible with is kingdom, for Enkidu’s coming along in the first place. The two friends shared adventures, till Enkidu fell sick and died. There is indeed a change of personality in Gilgamesh before and after Enkidu’s death.
Similar to what might happen in reality right now, be the loss significant, Gilgamesh wonders whether living life without Enkidu might be worth living. He concludes it might be only worth living, if he could be immortal—why he sets off on a dangerous journey.
By taking on this journey, we can detect change within Gilgamesh, as he doesn’t care whether the task is dangerous, or if he is going alone; he becomes somewhat stubborn, and he isn’t really thinking carefully of what he is doing or why. Stubborn too, as he ignores whatever the monsters he finds in the cave say trying to alert him, to make him understand on the dangerous task he is about to embark, companionless.
Today, people who’d just suffered a great loss might want to spend some time alone. Gilgamesh was trying to reach immortality not only for his stuborness, but because maybe he wanted to spend some time alone.
People might, aswell, take risky actions in “honor” to the loss they’d just had. Gilgamesh is somehow on this task because of Enkidu. Not doing it in his honor, exactly, but because Enkidu was the one who caused Gilgamesh to do this, indirectly, by dying.
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