“You can't run a government from one single person. What instead matters is that leadership be about gathering around extraordinary individuals and getting the best out of them.”, Justin Trudeau. What Trudeau is saying is that leadership is about cooperation and sharing ideas, not letting one person do all the work. Authoritative leadership is less effective than collaborative leadership because fear and power create anarchy and dissent, while respect and decency create a harmonious society. This claim can be supported by Machiavelli, Plato, Crace, and Macbeth.
Authoritative leadership creates anarchy and dissent through fear. Authoritative leadership is not always effective since it causes people to be afraid of the leader. In the play Macbeth,
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A ruler cannot be only collaborative or only authoritative in the way they lead. In The Republic, Plato says “Until philosophers are kings, or the kings and princes of this world have the spirit and power of philosophy, and political greatness and wisdom meet in one…” (Source C). Plato is saying that a leader must have rational thinking in order to be effective. A ruler should never be completely collaborative or completely authoritative or else they will not be successful. Conversely, in Macbeth, Macbeth ruled by using only authoritative leadership. In Macbeth it says “As calling home our exiled friends abroad that fled the snares of watchful tyranny, producing forth the cruel ministers of this dead butcher and his fiendlike queen” (Act 5. Scene 8. Lines 67-70) (Source A). Malcolm is saying that they are finally free of King Macbeth and everything bad that he has done. This shows that Macbeth was not successful as a leader since some of the people planned to kill him and went through with it just to stop him from being the King of Scotland. Macbeth was not a successful King. Using strictly only one kind of leadership is never completely effective, but collaborative leadership is more effective than authoritative …show more content…
There is strong evidence to show that authoritative leadership is not more effective since Macbeth ruled through authoritative leadership and was not successful and that society may become angry with the ruler if they use authoritative leadership. Members of society may become angry if the ruler is cruel because of the use of authoritative leadership. In The Prince, Machiavelli said “it is much safer to be feared than loved” (Source B). Machiavelli is saying that if a ruler is feared, others will not rebel against them. This is not necessarily true since the fear can push others to act in order to stop feeling that way. An example of this happening would be in Macbeth when they were planning on killing Macbeth while he was king. In Macbeth it says “Hail, King! For so thou art. Behold where stands th’usurper’s cursèd head. The time is free” (Act 5. Scene 8. Lines 54-55) (Source A). Macduff is speaking to Malcolm about how they are finally free of Macbeth after Macduff killed him. This shows that sometimes fear can lead to rebellion and can lead to the ruler being hurt. Clearly, authoritative leadership is not more effective than collaborative leadership since it can lead to fear and
“Leadership is a process in which many can engage, not a position that only a few can hold.
Leadership can be defined in a myriad of ways; but for the purpose of the question, it is but not limited to the affect someone who takes charge of a group of people with authority or rank; to be an influence to those who look to the leader. In the epic poem, “Beowulf”, there are two different views on leadership based on their leaders {i.e. King Hrothgar and Beowulf). With King Hrothgar, he accepted the help of Beowulf to fight in order to defend the people of the Herodot, “Beowulf my friend/fight for us” (457-458). Due to the understanding of his age, King Hrothgar shows humility and admirable stance, adapts to someone who admires him, allowing Beowulf to fight for the people of Herodot. Beowulf on the other hand, shows his leadership by taking the initiative and offering his aid to King Hrothgar’s people, to fight the demon Grendel, who is terrorizing the people. This leader...
“With great power comes great responsibility”, a quote that has been repeated over the ages and said to every person of power. Yet we ask ourselves from time to time, who among us deserves to rule and bear such a burden upon their shoulders? Well, Shakespeare in his play Macbeth reveals to us a message about power, its implications and consequences on human beings, and offers an answer to our question above.
Macbeth is a play driven by ambition and contradiction. Fighting to become king he will do anything and kill anyone to get his way. It all started when three witches told Macbeth that he’ll soon one day be king. He took the witches advice and made an unwise decision of killing the recent king Duncan in return Macbeth dies later on. In my definition control is a person or a group of people that have power to influence or make someone do something. Some examples of control would be the government, leadership, supervision, management, or jurisdiction. The control is evenly distributed in the play Macbeth between most of the characters.
The Search for an Honorable Leader in Hamlet and Macbeth Hamlet clearly defines a good leader in this passage in Hamlet; "Look here, upon this picture, and on this, The counterfeit presentment of two brothers. See, what a grace was seated on this brow; Hyperions' curls; the front of Jove himself; An eye like Mars, to threaten and command; A station like the herald Mercury New-lighted on a heaven-kissing hill; A combination and a form indeed, Where every God did seem to set his seal To give the world assurance of a man." Act III Sc. IV   ; He states that an individual must attain the qualities: grace, leadership, well roundedness, and reverence. Using Hamlet's definition,
“If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me”(1.3.157-159). Hierarchy wasn’t always bad, but in the case of “Macbeth”, leads to the death of many, and all for the fabled position of power, king. However, in history, it has proven to not be all that bad at times; with many great leaders like Alexander the Great having led his Country through many advances in civilisation. Throughout Macbeth, 3 kings are sworn in; that is insane, the time period is no longer than a year, yet power was transferred 3 times. Imagine if we changed Prime Ministers every few months; they don’t even hold as much power as a king. Duncan, Malcolm, Macbeth, Macbeth’s wife, the Witches (The Supernatural) and other all influence and play a part in the
After Macbeth brutally murders King Duncan for power and the title of King of Scotland, the country is in complete mayhem. Although the son of Duncan, Malcolm, has fled to England in order to remain safe from Macbeth’s dark intentions, he continues to stay strong and portray many specific attributes necessary to be a good ruler. In Act IV Scene iii of William Shakespeare’s famous Macbeth, Malcolm proves himself fit to be a successful king of Scotland.
Leadership is very prevalent in all three stories of Beowulf, Oedipus the King, and Antigone. For a leader to be great, they must have an honest understanding of who they are, what they know, and what they can do. Followers not the leader determine if the leader is successful. If they do not trust or lack confidence in their leader, then they will be inspired. To be a successful leader, one has to convince their followers that they are worthy of being followed. Leadership ultimately is a powerful thing.
Because he wasn’t in a proper mental state, Macbeth was a terrible king. He ruled Scotland like a tyrant and shut himself off from all of his friends and subjects. His terrible leadership of the country caused most of the politicians to wish for him to be overthrown. Some of the nobles-- such as Ross, Lennox, and Macbeth-- left Scotland and went to England where Malcolm had been staying with his relatives, the royal family of England. In England, Malcolm and the others from Scotland are planning an attack on Macbeth so that Malcolm can claim the throne that is rightfully his. This shows that Macbeth’s choices caused his downfall because they led him to insanity and that caused him to be a terrible leader that needed to be
In history there have been good, successful leaders and there are bad leaders. Whether a bad leader is viewed as an individual who ruled and made no change or underutilized his power, or a leader who ruled very efficiently, but abused their power in order to maintain leadership. For bad leaders power is usually obtained through unconventional methods such as the overthrowing of a previous ruler or through other methods. Macbeth is known as a ruler who gained power through the overthrowing of a previous ruler. In his pursuit for power it blinded him and Macbeth ultimately killed his former king in order to take his place Once in a position of ultimate authority Macbeth did everything in his ability in order to maintain his power. This is similar
has sent to her, Lady Macbeth begins to plot and plan how Macbeth can become
...hecies had an effect on him because he became more and more intrigued by the thought of becoming king. Lady Macbeth did bring up the idea to kill Duncan, but she did not take full action in the murder. If Macbeth wouldn’t have abused his power and kept calling for the witches he wouldn’t have been so corrupted. Being a bold and loyal warrior he abused his power by taking his fate into his own hands. The witches talked to him about his future as a royal subject to the king and then he realizes that there isn’t a difference because Malcolm was going to be named the next king. If he wouldn’t have listened to what other have told him all along he would still believe in himself. He is supposed to be the man with great integrity and set good examples for the other warriors, but he doesn’t realize that when he achieves the power he can’t be able to rule in peace.
In Shakespeare's Macbeth, the focus that is placed on the character of Lady Macbeth helps to convey the play's theme of the strife created by the struggle for power and control that is present throughout the entire work. Shakespeare presents her character in great detail and shows her to be a dominating, authoritative woman who thrives on the power she holds over her husband. He then shows the principle character, Macbeth, rise up and join his wife in a struggle for power of his own. It is the actions that Macbeth takes in attempt to achieve ultimate authority that lead to his downfall, and it is Lady Macbeth's loss of control over her husband as he gains this independence which causes her own weakening and eventually leads to her demise as well.
To become powerful, is to become corrupt and The Tragedy of Macbeth is a prime example. In William Shakespeare's tragic tale, a young noblemen soon becomes corrupt when he is given the opportunity to become king. His need for power and safety drives him to corruption, ultimately killing off anyone who stands in his path: innocent or not. Throughout the play, many characters portray the impact power has on a relationship: Lady Macbeth and Macbeth, Banquo and Macbeth, Macduff and Macbeth and many more. While all these characters were affected by power in the play, Banquo and Macbeth's relationship best demonstrates the effect of power. By examining the effect that power can have on relationships in The Tragedy of Macbeth, it is clear that Banquo and Macbeth's relationship represent best what the impact of power on friendship can be like. This ultimately illustrates that the need for power can drive people to take extreme measures in capturing that power.
There are negative effects to being an authoritative leader, which is that they lack the ability to help team members understand how they get to a goal or vision