Sympathy For The Devil

In this set of reading, I think we start to see a more human-like side of Gilgamesh. He treks through to Mashu to speak with Siduri, woman of the vine, and she low-key is calling him out about his appearance and basically his manhood. She asks about his ability to fulfill his quests and challenges his authority. However, instead of defending himself in that aspect, he only speaks of Enkidu's death and the toll it has had on him. He explains the distraught look upon his face and why he looks the way he does. He tells her that he mourned the loss of him by weeping for seven days and seven nights and comes out about his fear of dying.
Gilgamesh now seems to be more frightened of death since Enkidu's demise. At first, I assumed it was because he didn't want his name to be forgotten and his legend to be just a legend. However, after reading these tablets, I believe he is simply scared of meeting the same fatal end as his brother. We can see his pain and feel sympathy for his loss. I honestly thought of Gilgamesh as a self-centered jerk at the beginning of the reading, but can honestly say he has grown on me.

P.S. I commented on Addison and Cody's posts.