Part 3: Writing to Analyze the Epic Hero in Gilgamesh Answers

What evidence from the text supports the conclusion that Gilgamesh demonstrates courage and takes risks? Check all that apply.“Dread surged through Gilgamesh, terror flooded / his muscles, his heart froze, his mouth went dry, / his legs shook, his feet were rooted to the ground.”“Gilgamesh backed away. He said, / ‘How dreadful Humbaba’s face has become! / It is changing into a thousand nightmare / faces, more horrible than I can bear. / I feel haunted. I am too afraid to go on.’”“Gilgamesh felt his courage return. / They charged at Humbaba like two wild bulls.”“Gilgamesh saw it, he leaped upon him, / he held a knife to Humbaba’s throat.”“He yelled, he lifted / his massive axe, he swung it, it tore / into Humbaba’s neck”