Oedipus Leadership Qualities

Leadership! One of the best qualities a person can have. Showing that you can be a leader is well needed for some people, Because it lets them know what kind of person you are. In two different stories we meet creon and oedipus, Both of them show leadership qualities just differently than one another. Their leadership qualities are what partially get them their title as kings.

In the beginning, we meet oedipus. Oedipus has strengths and weaknesses, just like all leaders do. He has a few more weaknesses than strengths, but some of his weaknesses helped him become a leader. You see in the book oedipus was given a tragic prophecy. It was said that he would kill his father and wed his mother. Not knowing that Polybus and Merope were not his

real parents he left them. This Shows one of his weaknesses, HIs ignorance for thinking that he can out run his prophecy. As he was on his journey in the woods, he had killed king Laius. King Laius, Oedipus real father. After this incident occurred, he made his way to a kingdom known as Corinth, where he was born. While arriving Oedipus uses two of his strengths, his intelligence and his confidence. He used his intelligence by outsmarting the sphinx in Corinth, Killing it. These actions are what helped him gain the title of king and the hand of the queen, Jocasta. Also known as his mother. Both of them unaware of who they really are, they live life and end up having four children. Two sons, Eteocles and Polynices, and two daughters, Antigone and Ismene. As the city rallies over their new king and the beautiful family, the tragic prophecy is revealed bringing out a lot of Oedipus weaknesses. It first brings out his hot temper. He denies it and gets angry breaking a few things, and it leads to the queen Jocasta, His “mother” to hang herself. This leading to another weakness, Violence. After he finds his wife/mother dead he takes her brooch stabbing his eyes out. Even though a lot of Oedipus weaknesses were shown he still managed to show a strength by caring for his people. Oedipus decides to have himself be banished leaving Creon with his children and the title of king.
Creon the new king of Corinth has weaknesses and strengths.

The first one he shows is his strengths, by one taking in Oedipus children when he banished himself, and two by helping Oedipus with everything that happened. However when all this is happening, he manages to show us one weakness through it all. His weakness was the fact that he was a little afraid of all of these powers and responsibilities given to him on a surprise. As Creon grows over his fear he starts growing as a king, he starts showing more and more of his strengths and weaknesses. First his strength by putting his kingdom/ his people ahead of his friends, but also a weakness because he puts them above his family. You see Creon likes to make sure everyone listens to him, but does not want to listen when others have anything to say. He shows weakness by being arrogant and close-minded. In the story Creon kills Polynices and says that anyone who buries or moves the body shall be sentenced to death. Out of all the people in the city who buried the body, it was Antigone, Oedipus daughter. One thing Creon shows at this point is another one of his strengths, his will to not tolerate traitors. The only thing Creon could do was punish Antigone and sentenced her to death, but before he could decide she had hung herself. As Antigone bleeds out Poor Haemon stabs himself and lays beside her in a pool of blood, dead. When Eurydice hears the news about the death of Haemon she cuts her throat. All who had to die have now died. Only the Guards are left, and the tragedy does not matter to

them.
The title of king comes from the way you can prove you can be strong enough, brave enough and most importantly, be a leader of an entire kingdom and show how you will make things better for them. Out of both of my characters Creon is the best leader. Creon is the best leader because he overcame fears and pushed through his doubts and the doubts that everybody had about him. When Creon took in Oedipus children that showed his compassion, when he found out Antigone buried Polyneices he sentenced her to death. Even though he took her in as a child he kept the law as it was, even though it was his own family who disobeyed him.