Temptation

In the book Gilgamesh we can find how characters struggle with one of humans´s most common flaws, temptation. In the book Enkidu is seduced by a harlot and falls under her charm, because of this he is separated from what he is used to, the animals and the wilderness. He is also tempted to go to Uruk and challenge Gilgamesh to prove himself stronger after Shamhat talks of Gilgamesh of the strongets and most powerful of all.
But Enkidu is not the only one that has been tempted, Gilgamesh has put himself in a dangerous position just to show he is the greatest and strongest of all. He will to the Cedar Forest, wherre no one is known to come back, an achieve greatest glory.