The characters of Enkidu, Medea and Othello all have something in common. They are different. They can all be described as barbarians. Enkidu would be considered a barbarian because the character is a savage person. Medea is barbarian because she comes from Colchis, which was a place considered by the Greeks to be the edge of the earth and the land of the barbarians. Othello is a barbarian because he is a racial and cultural outsider in Venice. In all three works, their diversity is an integral part of the story. At the conclusion, all three of these characters are transformed. Enkidu, in the Epic of Gilgamesh, is a wild man. He is portly, has a hairy chest and was raised by animals. It looks as wild as the desert it comes from. It is important to the story that Enkidu becomes civilized to become the counterpoint to Gilgamesh. While Enkidu is still wild, the hunter and his father plan to make him more of a man than a beast so that he will stop freeing animals from their traps. The father says to his son: “Tell Gilgamesh about the mighty man. He will give you Shamhat the prostitute, ...