Precision, Cleverness, and Allies Are Key to Success

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Precision, Cleverness and Allies Are Key to Success
What is being strategic? What is being a tactician? Is everyone capable of these skills or is it just a few who are? Who has these skills and/or qualities? Is it just for heroes in society or can others have these traits? Medea, a barbarian in the city of Corinth, is a character from the play “Medea and Other Plays” written by Euripides, is a decisive planner, who knows how to manage her cleverness in her surroundings, and how to build allies to get out of a sticky situation; thus, she should be apart of the “Strategist Club,” which consist of honorable Greeks and non-Greeks in society, because she consists of the qualities which make a strategist.
Control is key to obtain one’s end goal. Every strategist needs to have some sense of control or management in his/her cleverness to make sure his/her plans are executed in a precise manner. Medea is able to control others with her cleverness, in her surroundings to maneuver her plan. She knows peoples weaknesses and plays on that. For example, in regards to Creon, the king of Corinth, he does not want to become a tyrant. Thus, when he’s kicking Medea out of the city, she convinces him to let her stay one more day there for the sake of her children. Creon accepts her pleads, because he is “no tyrant.” That was Creon’s weakness and Medea decided to pursue it to get what she wants, to kill the princess and to make her husband, Jason, suffer. Medea accomplishes such an action, in a matter of a day. Medea has the trait of cleverness and control, which strategist must endure to be effective.
People, who aren’t precise about their life’s desires, are like rocks traveling down a rushing river. Their lives’ aren’t easy flowing, like those wh...

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...eople in Greek and Non-Greek society. Why is Odysseus admirable? Odysseus is admirable because of his strategic-ness. He maintains control and manages his cleverness in any situation, he is precise in organizing plans and he develops allies amongst people. Medea consists of the same traits. If Medea did not have these strategic skills, she wouldn’t have been able to make Jason, her husband, suffer by murdering his loved ones and get away with it. If the “Strategist Club” only consists of strategic people, Medea should be allowed to join because she clearly exemplifies the qualities and traits of a strategist. If one isn’t allowed into a club that only contains strategists and he/she clearly shows these traits, when acting parallel to one of Greek’s most infamous tacticians, then who is allowed to join? What are the traits of a strategist? Do strategists even exist?

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