In the documents of chapter two, the question that I chose to respond to was, "How Does the Epic of Gilgamesh portray the gods and their relationship to humankind?" (93). In short, the gods in the Epic of Gilgamesh are portrayed as spiteful and very unsympathetic of the human race, much like the Roman gods and goddesses. The excerpt clearly states that, "The gods agreed to exterminate mankind" (95). In their attempt to destroy the humans, the gods made their own lives miserable and they created circumstances that were negative, even for themselves. From this excerpt I can very easily assume that the gods and the people had a very negative relationship wherein the gods saw the people as more of a burden than anything else.