In search of Living Death

In these last tablets of our assignment, I see how Gilgamesh wanders into the lands where he seeks the forbidden knowledge, the knowledge of eternal life. I see this as a metaphor, for most of us seek that knowledge desperately, and go too far to reach it. I also see this as an oxymoron, for Gilgamesh goes through the deadliest of passages no mortal has ever ventured into, in search of life. I can also see how they describe the Twin Beings with different adjectives like monster, scorpion and dragon. I think this means that evil can always take a different form depending on how you look at it, some not as foul or vile as others. When Gilgamesh is travelling through the darkness, I believe it is a metaphor used to explain how sometimes we feel disserted, with no one there, in the utter darkness, with no one to count on, but you still have to go on. And just when you feel like you’ll fall, the light comes in.