The Epic of Gilgamesh Online

The reach of the rules governing our societies do not simply stop at the gateway to the Internet, nor do the same rules convert and apply entirely in Internet interaction that do in face-to-face conversation. If we thought of the netiquette site as a modern day Code of Hammurabi tablet with rules and punishments that everyone has access to, we might come to understand what is acceptable and punishable online. Punishment does not come from Dr. Ditzler, Dr. Keller, or other students equal to the form of Humbaba, but rather in the form of being judged as rude, hostile, and even lazy as a result of using capital letters and minimal comments. Our everyday communication outside the Internet is our Uruk; however, when we step outside the walls of our familiar domain and into the dark Internet, like Gilgamesh, we cannot see or hear anything. There is a distinct advantage from the metaphorical dark and the darkness of the Epic. That advantage is the ability to write with clarity and delivering a message that we all can comprehend.