Compare And Contrast Beowulf And The Teaching Of Leadership

Beowulf and the Teaching of Leadership by Tom Loughman, Ph.D. and John Finley, Ph.D. from Journal of Leadership Education, main point is showing how Beowulf is an appealing leader. It includes the background of Beowulf and the summary of it. It mainly talks about Beowulf’s characteristics. The authors say, “Given the enormous popular interest in large, menacing beasts that terrorize and devour humans, such as the ones that inhabit the film Jurassic Park, Dragonslayer, Lord of the Ringers, Reign of the Fire, Godzilla, and many others, the story of Beowulf should appeal to modern audiences” (161). The modern audiences should focus on the themes that are in Beowulf. They mentioned other monsters which was not necessary and distracting to include, “Around every corner appear vampires, zombies, mutants, werewolves, ghouls, devils, King Kong, Godzilla, dragons, and

It was valuable mentioning how there are other movies that included the “Beowulf” story, “While perhaps not great in themselves, several very recent films have brought the story and character of Beowulf into full view” (156). It will make the audience look at the leaders in those movies and see the similarities between those leaders and Beowulf. Especially to the modern audience, they will see how these popular roles should be appealing to them. Loughman and Finley include the obstacles of a charismatic leader, “To bring this point into a present context, what is likely to happen with a company such as Apple when Steve Jobs finally decides to give up the reins? Would Google be able to survive the loss of either Larry Page or Sergei Brin, or both of them?” (161). Including this made me think that is actually true. There are different consequences of all these leaders. It’s the same thing with Beowulf after his death. The author comparing and contrasting Beowulf and the present leaders was a