Effective Leader In Sophocles Oedipus The King
A Complicated Fellow
John C Maxwell says, “Effective leaders sacrifice much that is good in order to dedicate themselves to what is best.” and George Foreman says “Without appreciation and respect for other people, true leadership becomes ineffective, if not impossible.” You can apply these two quotes to the Greek drama, Oedipus Rex, written by Sophocles. In the play, Oedipus is the king of Thebes and his city is plagued by infertility and famine. Oedipus receives word that someone in the city is the one causing the plague and he can stop it by either killing them or exiling them. What Oedipus doesn’t realize is that he is the one causing the plague. Throughout the play you see how Oedipus Rex is both an effective leader and ineffective leader.
Using one Aristotle's six traits of a tragic hero, the hero must pass from happiness …show more content…
But earlier he stated that the plague of the city with either be killed or exiled. Now, Oedipus has to make a decision, either continuing to be an ineffective leader and stay in the city to watch his people suffer or he could step up and be an effective leader. So, Oedipus, talking to Creon, says “Let me purge my father’s Thebes of the Pollution of my living here, and go out to the wild hills…” (Sophocles 259). Oedipus is standing by what he says and wants to leave the city so it will be free from the plague. Oedipus saves his city once again. Once from a sphinx that wouldn't let people neither enter nor leave the city if they couldn’t answer the riddle given to them. No one could answer the riddle until Oedipus came along and was able to answer the riddle and thus ridding the city from the sphinx. And now, Oedipus does his last heroic deed of saving his city from himself. Oedipus could’ve just backed out of what he said and continue to let his people suffer, but he doesn't. Oedipus shows his effective leadership one last time by exiling
John C Maxwell says, “Effective leaders sacrifice much that is good in order to dedicate themselves to what is best.” and George Foreman says “Without appreciation and respect for other people, true leadership becomes ineffective, if not impossible.” You can apply these two quotes to the Greek drama, Oedipus Rex, written by Sophocles. In the play, Oedipus is the king of Thebes and his city is plagued by infertility and famine. Oedipus receives word that someone in the city is the one causing the plague and he can stop it by either killing them or exiling them. What Oedipus doesn’t realize is that he is the one causing the plague. Throughout the play you see how Oedipus Rex is both an effective leader and ineffective leader.
Using one Aristotle's six traits of a tragic hero, the hero must pass from happiness …show more content…
But earlier he stated that the plague of the city with either be killed or exiled. Now, Oedipus has to make a decision, either continuing to be an ineffective leader and stay in the city to watch his people suffer or he could step up and be an effective leader. So, Oedipus, talking to Creon, says “Let me purge my father’s Thebes of the Pollution of my living here, and go out to the wild hills…” (Sophocles 259). Oedipus is standing by what he says and wants to leave the city so it will be free from the plague. Oedipus saves his city once again. Once from a sphinx that wouldn't let people neither enter nor leave the city if they couldn’t answer the riddle given to them. No one could answer the riddle until Oedipus came along and was able to answer the riddle and thus ridding the city from the sphinx. And now, Oedipus does his last heroic deed of saving his city from himself. Oedipus could’ve just backed out of what he said and continue to let his people suffer, but he doesn't. Oedipus shows his effective leadership one last time by exiling