Which best describes how thorin is portrayed in this passage? "i will not parley, as i have said, with armed men at my gate. nor at all with the people of elvenking, whom i remember with small kindness. in this debate they have no place. begone now ere our arrows fly! " forgiving stubborn selfless reasonable

In the Hobbit, after the death of Smaug, Bard starts demanding some part of Thorin's treasure in return for his killing of Smaug. However, Thorin himself is amidst difficult situation. He has to defend his kingdom. Thorin's talk shows his courage and stubbornness. the correct answer is the second option.

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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