A critical part of human nature can be characterized by creating goals and taking the necessary steps to achieve them. Whether these goals are personally beneficial or for the betterment of others, it is a universally common aspiration among all men and women to fulfil them. Sometimes, however, the ambitions one has will be beyond his or her sole potential making them impossible to achieve. No matter how hard one works, if said person is missing a necessary emotional or physical attribute they will fail. If these people are relying on the assistance or cooperation of other sources, the outcome is uncertain. While in The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell it is discussed that a man can become a hero through the difficulties that a journey brings, in stories such as The Epic of Gilgamesh and Genesis Campbell’s claims are shown through the theme of limitation of man’s mind, body, and soul is mutually present.
First, the limitations of man are displayed in both The Epic of Gilgamesh and Genesis by implying that a man is only truly living up to his potential when he is emotionally fulfilled. In The Epic of Gilgamesh, Gilgamesh…show more content… Whether it is Gilgamesh’s best friend, Enkidu’s, death leaving him an emotional wreck or the imperative nature of a significant other, one’s life is limited by his/her spiritual completion. If it is Gilgamesh’s eternal life being stripped from him by a serpent or the fate of humanity resting in the hands of the almighty God, human potential is limited by the authority of unlike forces. People can only achieve the goals that they set or live the lives that they desire if these dreams are strictly dependent on themselves. God, the serpent, and loneliness all demonstrate that the key to success is being
