The walrus and the carpenter
the sun was shining on the sea
shining with all his might
he did his very best to make
the billows smooth and bright
and this was odd because it was the middle of the night

4. which is the best paraphrase of the first stanza?
a. the sun was shinning on the waves of the ocean, even with the sun out, it was so dark that it seemed like nighttime.
b. the sun was shinning and making the waves of the sea bright. this was very strange, because it was night.
c. the sun was trying very hard to shine on the bright waves, he couldn't shine hard enough, though, because it was too dark.
d. the sun was out, this made the waves beautiful and bright, soon, though, it would be night and the sun would go away.

5. which of the following words from the poem has a negative connotation?
a. middle
b. rude
c. might
d. come

gilgamesh is a hero by birth as the epic explains it. in the epic the birth is explained in the way which tells us that gilgamesh’s creation was made perfect by the contribution of various god and that signifies the goal in his life, which was to become a hero and save mankind. an example from the text says. "the glorious sun shamash bestowed upon him glory; adad the terrible god of storms bestowed upon him courage. the great gods perfected his magnificence beyond all others, terrible like the great wild bull. two thirds god they made him; one third man they made him." a man born with superhuman qualities and partly god is destined to be a hero.

the heroic deeds carried by him later in his life also prove the heroic character of gilgamesh. for example hi battle with the ultimate beast humbaba is a proof of his bravery and characteristic heroism. gilgamesh was warned about the beast as the text says about humbaba “whose roar is a flood, whose mouth is fire, whose breath is death". but with the superhuman strength gilgamesh did the job