Gilgamesh’s Search for Immortality

In The Epic of Gilgamesh there are many themes but the most important ones are that death is inevitable, immortality is unachievable and friendship is essential. As in this epic tale, people of the 21st century are looking for this as well but for reasons very different than Gilgamesh. “Mankind will postpone human aging substantially in the future, doubling the human lifespan at least, when we have accomplished this we will be ashamed that we did not work on it much sooner.” This was a statement made by Michael Rose an evolutionary biogenerontologist in Future Fantastic episode titled IMMORTALS.
The main character, Gilgamesh, is searching for immortality. He wants this because of his deep feelings for his dead friend Enkidu. As a result of this, Gilgamesh finds himself being scared of
dying. This fear pushes Gilgamesh to search for the power of immortal life, which is believed to be achievable by only women because they can reproduce. This belief takes him on a long and ti...