Leadership in Beowulf, Oedipus the King, and Antigone

Beowulf is a very brave and noble prince. He proves this statement in the way he humbly boasts about his ability to complete quests, fighting monstrous creates continuously, and going into each battle or challenge by his lonesome. “Hail! King Hrothgar! I am Hygelac’s thane, Hygelac’s kinsman. Many a deed Of honor and daring I’ve done in my youth… The best of my people, prudent and brave, Urged

Leadership refers to the act of leading a considerable number of people within an establishment or the capacity to do this. Leadership has to do with coming up with a vision that is crystal clear and the ability to spreads that idea out in a manner that makes individuals, given the information, knowledge, and methods to understand, willing to follow. Subsequently, balancing and coordinating the conflicting interests of all stakeholders and members. It is typical for any good leader to step up in the event of a contingency, with the potential to imagine and act creatively in situations that prove to be difficult. Different from management, leadership can never be taught, in as much as it may be learned and bettered employing mentoring and coaching (Servant Leadership Based on Robert Greenleaf’s Writings, 2010).

The tale of Beowulf has been taught and studied for hundreds of years. As such, it only makes sense logically that scholars should discern certain lessons from the text, relevant to the original tellers’ lives and to our own. Throughout the poem, we see examples of leaders in Hrothgar and Beowulf, both epitomizing great leadership and displaying characteristics that people could learn from today. Beowulf shows us that a great leader inspires courage in his followers, remains true to his word, can swallow his pride, and rewards loyalty and acts of valor.

Real hero knows how to communicate with people and gain their respect. Great example of true hero in the article, “Beowulf and Teaching of Leadership” by the authors Tom Loughman and John Finley. Beowulf represents a significant example of leadership. Being a hero does not require only physical strength, but it also need smart, humble person who can protect his people from any danger. Beowulf can be descried as perfect model of leadership. He had very strong personality physical appearance but he was humble with his people. His technic allows him to gain people’s respect. I realized after reading Beowulf story that not anyone can be a leader. There are too many requirements to be successful leader, which it appears in Beowulf personality. Beowulf teaches us important lesson about leadership, his character illustrates that strong leader must be fearless, wise, has strong confident personality and humble to get people’s love.

Exceptional leadership has played a role in society for millennia. Every good leader has essential traits that define his or her character. Beowulf exemplifies authority in the poem Beowulf, displaying acts of courage and fearlessness throughout. Beowulf guides his warriors through life-threatening situations and emerges victorious because of his prowess as a leader. His capacity as role model instills confidence in those around him, which also establishes him as a great leader. Beowulf fits into a tradition of great leaders throughout history who lead through their courage, decisiveness, and inspirational qualities.

Beowulf showed his confidence by defeating the monster unassisted by his 14 warriors. Leadership is not a skill that everyone has the ability to learn. Few people are natural born leaders, some learn along their journey of life. Beowulf is a strong willed, courageous warrior, who has many characteristics of a leader. Many have believed Beowulf to be a leader, many followed him as so. However, In this modern day, beowulf would be an unsuccessful Business leader.

A hero is considered a person who is larger than life to many. A great example is the classic hero, Beowulf. Holding the abilities of extreme strength, courage, and durability in his personality, he carries the ideals of what every human wishes to be.

Oedipus was the King of Thebes who is investigating to find the murder of their friend Lais. The citizens were begging Oedipus to lift the plague and save their city Thebes. Oedipus sent Creon out to try to figure out some deals on the murder of Lais, but little did Oedipus know that he himself killed Lais. If they find the man who murdered Lais this will end the plague. Oedipus then comes to find out that he is one of the suspects of Lais murder. When Oedipus was a young boy, that he is destined to kill his father and marry his own mother Oedipus’s later find out that his father is Lais. His real parents abandoned him, so the shepherd gave Oedipus to Lais and Jocasta. Oedipus then realizes he was the person to kill his father Lais. He also

When Oedipus was born, he was left on a mountainside to die. The reason his parents did this was, an oracle predicted that he will grow up to be the murderer of his father the King. Oedipus parents did not kill him like they told to, instead Oedipus was found by a Sheppard and taken to the nearby city of Corinth. This is where Oedipus was adopted as the son of the King and Queen. Many years later, Oedipus seeks counsel from the same oracle that predicted his fate. The oracle does not tell him the identity of his true parents, instead tells him that he will kill his biological father and marry his birth mother. To ovoid this prophecy, Oedipus ran away from Corinth back to Thebes. Oedipus reaches a place where three roads meet. He comes across a chariot that was carrying King Laius. At the time he did not know that this man was his father and the King of Thebes. They begin to fight over who has the right to go first, and in self defense Oedipus kills King Laius; unknowingly fulfilling part of the prophecy. After unknowingly killing the King, Oedipus continues on his journey toward Thebes. When he got to the there the city in great distress. He also learned that a monster called the Sphinx was terrorizing the Thebans by devouring them when they failed to answer its riddle correctly. Oedipus not only defeated the Sphinx, which killed itself in rage, but won the throne of the dead king and the hand in marriage of the

In the article “Beowulf and the teacher of leadership “ written by Tom loughman and John Finley states many of legendary and mythical heroes display their hero is him and struggles with monsters. You can see that this is true with all of the story’s we have today. We have heroes like super man,Spider-Man,Green Lantern ,The Hulk etc. All of them have a similar goal that Beowulf was Trying to reach .The common goal was to protect a certain place by defeating the antagonists of the story. In Beowulf the antagonist was Grendall and in the modern day stories the antagonists was Darth Vader, The Joker ,etc.

Beowulf is not only an ideal or a hanger-on person, he is definitely existed in the society, on the other hand, he has a statute of realness. Moreover, he is famous as his identity of hero, which demonstrates the great personality of his. In Beowulf, both the leader and the follower are closely reply on each other. If a leader has to deal with success, his followers must be successful and they must be supportive to their master. Beowulf has a double character in the work, which is a leader of the warriors and the follower of the king Hrothgar.

The journal “Beowulf and the Teaching of Leadership” by Tom Loughman and John Finley, explore the ideas and examples of leadership while simultaneously connecting Beowulf to that characteristic. The authors talk about Beowulf in an admirable way, connecting current stories and films to help the readers relate to their traits of a leader (pg. 161). Even though Beowulf can be seen as portraying more than a few vices, the authors go into the depths of Beowulf and his mannerisms to defend their argument (pg. 159-160). This journal even gives insight on the opposing side’s potential opinion of Beowulf to give the reader other opinions on the poem. Tom Loughman and John Finley gave a well-organized and intelligent view on Beowulf’s characteristics

Oedipus the King by Sophocles, starts off with Oedipus being crowned as King of Thebes, and the city being plagued. The according to the Oracle at Delphi, the plague will end as soon as the murderer of King Laius, is found and expelled. Oedipus declares he will search for the murderer and goes to Teiresias to ask for the truth which he finds out, and does not like. This causes Oedipus to claim it was actually Creon who killed Laius, but soon learns the situation when Laius died seems like a situation that he was a part of on his way to Thebes. Oedipus calls for the survivor Laius’s attack to come forth and testify. Oedipus learns he was the one who killed his father King Laius, and Oedipus pokes his eyes out with his mother’s pins and screams

    The characteristics of a true leader are defined when they have to do something that the normal person or creature would not.  Beowulf is a true leader because he proves his greatness, bravery, and worthiness by defeating numerous monsters to save his people.  He shows all three of these characteristics in the poem.  Beowulf’s greatness is proved when he defeats Grendel, his mom, and protects his people from the dragon.  No normal creature could accomplish this task but Beowulf.  He shows his bravery by taking a stand against a creature in Grendel, who attacks and kills everyone, by fighting him with his bare hands.  Beowulf’s worthiness is proved when he is deemed the greatest king of all time by his people.

Oedipus is a king and there has been a curse put on thebes. Oedipus sends his brother-in-law Creon to find Apollo and figure out how to stop this curse ("Oedipus The King Summary"). He said that if the former king's killer was found then the curse would be lifter. The former king was killer a few years ago. Oedipus looks for clues and founds out that he killed him. His wife told him not to believe them but he does believe them. He remembers killing a man at the crossroads (Grade Saver). He continues to and finds people that tell him the story about how he was abandoned as an infant. He finds out that he married his mom and had a child with her. The mother also killed herself after she finds out and Oedipus is exiled from Thebes ("Oedipus The