Read the excerpt from Gilgamesh: A New English Version.Gilgamesh, hearing his beloved friend,came to himself. He yelled, he liftedhis massive axe, he swung it, it toreinto Humbaba’s neck, the bloodshot out, again the axe bit fleshand bone, the monster staggered, his eyesrolled, and at the axe’s third stroke he toppled like a cedar and crashed to the ground.
The passage tells what Gilgamesh does: he yells, lifts his axe, swings it, and strikes Humbaba. It also describes what happens to Humbaba as a result. So the excerpt mainly presents Gilgamesh’s actions, not his words or other characters’ thoughts.
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