Exam 17: Applying Theory: a Lévi-Straussian Analysis of the Epic of Gilgamesh, G S Kirk

Gilgamesh visits ___________________ in order to learn how to avoid death.

Gilgamesh rebels against civilization because it brought about the death of _______________.

Kirk agrees with Levi-Strauss' statement: the purpose of myth is to provide a logical model capable of overcoming a cultural ____________________.

_______________ is the guardian of the cedar forest slain by Enkidu and Gilgamesh.

After finding and losing the _____________, a dejected Gilgamesh returns to Uruk.

A ____________________ is a set of symbols, each of which has a meaning. Examples of this for Levi-Strauss include sociological, culinary, cosmological, astronomical, and acoustic.

J. S. Kirk notes that, for Levi-Strauss, myth is primarily a form of _____________.

Enkidu believes that ____________ is responsible for his lingering death.

J. S. Kirk downplays Levi-Strauss' emphasis on the nature-culture opposition when he considers that the basis of the Gilgamesh myth may be an obsession with _________________.

As Enkidu dies, Gilgamesh most regrets that _________________.

______________________ was the philosopher who argued that humans in the state of nature are superior to those in so-called civilized societies.

_______________________ is an example of the fundamental pairs of relationships that Levi-Strauss finds underlying mythological stories.

Gilgamesh's greatest fear is _________________.

While Gilgamesh rages against the death of Enkidu, _______________ points out to him the advantages of culture.

Enkidu blames his sickening and death on the hunter and the ________________.

Gilgamesh's violent rejection of ______________ causes him great problems.

The underlying _______________ of the elements of a myth is the key to determining its meaning.

In the theory of Claude Levi-Strauss, the relationship of words in a sentence to each other is called a _________________ relationship.

The two major versions of the epic of Gilgamesh are the _________________ and the Akkadian.

For the Mesopotamian peoples, the nature  culture opposition is apparent in their emphasis on ___________________ and the gods in charge.