ENGLISH 9 THE-STORY-OF-THE-FLOOD-PPT.pptx

STORY TELLING

1. THE STORY OF THE FLOOD FROM THE EPIC OF GILGAMESH (2000BC) (MESOPOTAMIA)

2. BUST OF GILGAMESH

3. WHO IS GILGAMESH? GILGAMESH IS A HISTORICAL PRIEST-KING OF THE CITY OF URUK IN BABYLONIA , ON THE RIVER EUPHRATES IN WHAT IS NOW IRAQ .

4. HE IS A TYRANNICAL RULER WHO KILLS YOUNG MEN AND KEEPS WOMEN FOR PLEASURE. PEOPLE CRIED OUT TO THEIR GODS TO END THEIR SUFFERING UNDER KING GILGAMESH AND TO HAVE PEACE TO THEIR LAND, THE GODS HEARD THEM.

5. WHAT DID THE GODS DO? THEY SENT A HAIRY MAN FROM THE WILDERNESS NAMED ENKIDU WHO LOOKS LIKE GILGAMESH’S TWIN.

6. The advent of enkidu ENKIDU AND GIGAMESH BECAME GOOD FRIENDS AND HAD ADVENTURES TOGETHER UNTIL A TRAGEDY HAPPENED THAT KILLED ENKIDU. GILGAMESH FEARED HIS OWN DEATH.

7. THE ADVENTURES OF GILGAMESH HE TRAVELLED AROUND THE WORLD TO FIND OUT HOW HE COULD SURVIVE DEATH. HE MET AN OLD MAN NAMED UTNAPISHTIM

8. IN THE FOLLOWING STORY, GILGAMESH ASKED UTNAPISHTIM ON HOW HE WAS GRANTED WITH EVERLASTING LIFE BY THE GODS THE STORY ALSO NARRATES HOW THE GODS WHO WERE ENRAGED BY PEOPLE’S “NOISE” SEND A FLOOD TO DESTROY HUMANITY.

9. ASK YOURSELF THIS HOW WOULD IT BE LIKE TO HAVE A LIFE THAT NEVER ENDS?

10. PRIMARY CHARACTERS

11. GILGAMESH

12. ENKIDU HAIRY MAN WHO LOOKS LIKE GILGAMESH

13. UTNAPISHTIM OLD MAN WHOM GILGAMESH MET

14. ANU LORD OF THE FIRMAMENT

15. ENLIL COUNSELOR

16. NINURTA THE HELPER

17. EA RESIDES IN THE OCEAN UNDERNEATH THE EARTH CALLED THE ABZU.

18. WORDS TO KNOW BABEL- CONFUSION OF SOUNDS AND VOICES ABYSS - BOTTOMLESS PIT

19. WORDS TO KNOW KEEL - THE CHIEF STRUCTURAL MEMBER OF THE BOAT PLANKING - FLOORING OF THE BOAT PUNT - A BOAT

20. WORDS TO KNOW WEDGE - A PIECE OF WOOD THAT TAPERS TO A THIN EDGE AND IS USED FOR SPLITTING WOOD AND ROCKS, RAISING HEAVY BODIES, OR FOR TIGHTENING BY BEING DRIVEN INTO SOMETHING

21. WORDS TO KNOW BULLOCKS - YOUNG BULLS FURNACE - AN ENCLOSED STRUCTURE IN WHICH HEAT IS PRODUCED

22. WORDS TO KNOW BALLAST- SOMETHING THAT GIVES STABILITY COWER- TO SHRINK AWAY OR CROUCH ESPECIALLY FOR SHELTER FORM SOMETHING

23. WORDS TO KNOW CUR- AN INFERIOR DOG: A COWARDLY FELLOW TRAVAIL - LABOR SPAWN- OFFSPRING IN GREAT NUMBERS; EGGS OF AQUATIC ANIMALS

24. WORDS TO KNOW HATCH - AN OPENING IN THE DECK OF A SHIP BUDGE - MOVE CEDAR - USUALLY TALL CONIFEROUS TREE OF THE PINE FAMILY

25. WORDS TO KNOW MYRTLE- A COMMON EVERGREEN BUSHY SHRUB LAPIS LAZULI- A SEMIPRECIOUS STONE THAT IS USUALLY RICH AZURE BLUE TRANSGRESSION - VIOLATION OF A LAW PESTILENCE- AN INFECTIOUS EPIDEMIC DISEASE