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Comparing Leadership In King Lear, And The Winter's Tale

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In several of Shakespeare’s plays, Julius Caesar, King Lear, and The Winter’s Tale, he has several characters that illustrate bad qualities that a leader should not possess. However, Shakespeare also has characters that demonstrate the good qualities as well even if it only one or two. Leaders should be honest, committed, passionate, understanding, be able to inspire others, and so much more. No one character possesses all the qualities to make them a successful leader and no leader is ever perfect, they each have their flaws which makes them human. In Julius Caesar, the two characters that possess some type of quality to be a successful leader are Mark Antony. Brutus is a loyal Roman and cares for the Rome’s well-being while Antony possess …show more content…

By speaking in prose, Brutus is trying to keep his speech simple, mimic ‘normal speech,’ and stay on the same level as his audience. He convinces the crowd that he is a concerned citizen and he was not trying to usurp the crown for his own personal agenda. He explains that it is his love for Rome outweighs his love for Caesar and because he thought that Caesar was hungry for power the only thing he could do was kill him. He does not believe that Caesar being king is in Rome’s best interest. Although he does a good job at convincing the Romans to his side, his skills as a orator were no match for Antony when he steps up to …show more content…

She tells him that he is making a mistake that he will soon regret. She also shows her compassionate side when she speaks to her ladies when she is being taken away to prison. “Do not weep, good fools, / There is no cause. When you shall know your mistress / Has deserved prison, then abound in tears / As I come out; this action I now go on / Is for my better grace” (King Lear II.i.117-121). She does not want to see her ladies to weep when she is being hauled off to prison for something that she is innocent. She places the comfort of her ladies before herself. During the trial scene, Hermione shows her skills as a orator when she argues her side. For instance, in her closing speech before her death, Hermione appeals to the emotions of those present during the trial by recounting all the misfortune she has faced. She lost the favor of her husband, her son, who was kept from her and later dies, and her newborn daughter, who is sentenced to be murdered (Winter’s Tale III.ii.90-98). Her life has no meaning now that she has lost everything that was important to

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