Tablet IX really focused on Gilgamesh being alone. Gilgamesh went on this journey to understand why he was without Enkidu and to mourn his passing.
This really reminded me of the show Survivorman. This man goes on survival journeys by himself. This one episode he was climbing a mountain and was feeling sorrowfull and terrible as he climbed the mountain. It got harder and harder for him to breathe, like Gilgamesh. He felt alone and without companion, like Gilgamesh. He then finally found a person to save him from his journey when he got to the other side of the mountain, just like Gilgamsh. Gilgamesh felt alone and without companion because he was alone. His friend that he loved died and he needed a journey of his own to realize why such things happen. He went on this journey of fear of death and of fear that Enkidu is dirt and clay.
As for Tablet X, Why does Gilgamesh break the Stone Things? Why does he break the Urnu-snakes? Who really is the boatman? What does Gilgamesh expect to find on the island? These questions I have thought and hope to understand and figure out the answers to.
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