Think about the theme of friendship, love, and becoming human. In Tablets I-II, the poet shows us how Enkidu “turned into a man”(II, 33). This sets the stage for his friendship with Gilgamesh, which determines the shape of the rest of the narrative. How does this poem represent the stages of human development, beginning with the creation of Enkidu and the encounter between Enkidu and Shamhat and ending with Gilgamesh’s return to Uruk? How does this compare with the stages of human development in the first 11 chapters of Genesis? What does being fully human have to do with friendship (or companionship) and the capacity for love? How does civilization transform humans?