The Dream Swing

If I could pick one word to describe Tablet IV and V in the Epic of Gilgamesh, I would say Dream. I guess the tecnique of repeating things over and over again isn't really used that much in modern literature, because it is not something that you see every day. You simply don't read a chapter in which two pages say almost exactly the same thing about four times.

Appart from that, I thought it was very interesting how Gilgamesh, "the strongest one of all", was always scared because of his dreams, and needed Enkidu's reassurement in order to continue their way into the forest.

I also liked a lot how it always mentioned making an offering to the gods, which is something that can be seen in most novels from the era before Christianism ruled the world. It can be seen in old novels like the Iliad, between others.

It was very fun and grose at the same time how they killed Huwawa:
"Then the two of them together seized the demon
and by the tounge pulled all his insedes out,

and so he died."

That was a really cool description. I think that it is important to note that they took the head back, because they probably cared a lot about people's opinion and that they thought they were like gods.