1-Based on what we learn about Mesopotamian ideas about the afterlife, how can we explain Gilga-mesh's fear of death and search for eternal life? The Mesopotamians believed in a higher power and they believed in what we would call heaven and hell. The devil, or the Queen of Darkness, rules over Irkalla Palace which, simply put, is hell. Enkidu describes all the terrible things he has done and in describing the dream he had while on his deathbed, he says to Gilgasmesh: "This is the house whose people sit in darkness ; dust is their food and clay their meat. They are clothed like birds with wings to cover themselves, they see no light, they sit in darkness” (Gilgamesh 92). After Enkidu passes away, Gilgamesh realizes that the actions he has taken in his life will not send him to heaven to be with Anu and that he does not wish to suffer for eternity, so he begins his quest for eternal life to avoid his inevitable death. .4-Why is it significant that Medea is known to be intelligent? Euripides presents Medea as an intelligent and wicked woman because he is a misogynist. In his eyes, women are evil, hateful creatures who know nothing of the world except their own home and their own bed. Medea is known to be intelligent because she is cunning and manipulative, which is important because if she wasn't, she wouldn't have been able to carry out her revenge plan. My favorite quote from Medea says: “You have / the knowledge, not to mention the nature of woman: / for any kind of noble act, we are powerless; / for wickedness, however, our wisdom is without equal” (Euripides 416-19). Basically, the negative connotation that comes with the word smart implies that women are useless for anything in the real world, but when it comes to the affairs of the bedroom, the...... middle of paper ..... .the loss of his virginity (not necessarily sexually) as well as his descent into madness and eventually his suicide.9-Hamlet is a tragic hero. What is its flaw? Where do you find evidence of this defect, and where do we see the consequences? Hamlet proclaims in a soliloquy in Act 2 Scene 2: “Oh, what a rogue and peasant slave am I!” » (Shakespeare line 560). Here he realizes that his cowardice prevents him from avenging his father's death. I believe his tragic flaw is his inability to act. When he has the chance to kill Claudius while he is praying, he hesitates and talks himself out of it. He sets up the Mouse Trap play to prove Claudius' guilt, but fails to kill him even after it is proven. Throughout the play he is given numerous opportunities to confess his love for Ophelia, but each time he fails to do so and in fact convinces her that he never loved her at all..