The needed is an essay examining two texts according to how they approach a shared theme or idea. The essay should show how these two texts help to understand the theme/idea better.
These are the most important elements of the essay:
� Work with quotations- Quotes should be introduced, explained, analyzed , and connected back to The theme. The best is to use two short quotes from each text ( total of 4 short quotes).
� Synthesis- the two texts should be connected together and support the same argument and related to the theme. The essay should not talk about the two texts separately.
� Coherence- This essay should abide traditional rules of structure, with an introduction containing a thesis statement, body paragraphs that explore this thesis, and a conclusion that makes a summative statement about the ideas presented.
The most important part of the essay is the thesis statement. It should make a strong argument about the theme and also makes the reader know what is the theme. It is important that there is a strong argument for the paper and not just explaining that the two texts share the same theme. The theme should be presented with an argument that the whole essay is built on it.
The theme found in the two text is The Theme of death ( with Gilgamesh and Socrates ). You may or may not include the idea that Knowing that they have legacy easiness the pain of death.
The two texts are:
1) The epic of Gilgamesh
In this link you will find the pdf version of the text ( important for the quotes)
https://www.cidmod.org/sidurisadvice/Gilgamesh.pdf
In this link you will find a summary and an analysis if the text ( tablet I-Xi)
https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/gilgamesh/
2) The trials of Socrates by plato
Here is the full text ( you can find another copy online)
https://ia801409.us.archive.org/22/items/trialanddeathso00platgoog/trialanddeathso00platgoog.pdf
here is the summary and analysis
A) part Euthyphro
https://www.sparknotes.com/philosophy/euthyphro/
B) part apology
https://www.sparknotes.com/philosophy/apology/
C) part Crito
https://www.sparknotes.com/philosophy/crito/
D) part Phaedo
https://www.sparknotes.com/philosophy/phaedo/
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