Read the excerpt. from “recessional” by rudyard kipling god of our fathers, known of old— lord of our far-flung battle-line— beneath whose awful hand we hold dominion over palm and pine— lord god of hosts, be with us yet lest we forget—lest we forget! this stanza points to the tension brought on by which historical event? the decrease in capital crime the rate of scientific progress the increase in material prosperity the rapid expansion of britain’s empire

The rapid expansion of Britain's empire.

The British Empire will become inevitably weak. It will never become stronger than God's power.

The rapid expansion of Britain's empire.

gilgamesh is an epic hero from birth, as he's brought to the world by the hand of several gods who shaped him with the goal of saving humanity. there's a passage from the text that reads "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". this is a great example that show some of the super-human qualities that the gods gave gilgamesh upon his birth.

as gilgamesh grows he has to face many challenges that put his heroism to task. the courage he displays along the way, prove that he's ready to live up to the godly qualities brought upon him. at one point he has to overcome a wild beast by the name of hubamba "whose roar is a flood, whose mouth is fire, whose breath is death", as the text reads. the actions taken by gilgamesh, beating the beast with the use of his super-human force, examplify why he shoud be thought of as an epic hero.

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