Comparing Jack & Creon
Leadership: “the ability to lead and exert authority.” In the play ‘Antigone’ by Sophocles, and in the novel ‘Lord of the Flies’ by William Golding, leadership is largely portrayed by the main characters. Creon, the powerfully built King of Thebes, is compared to Jack, the strong-willed school boy who is stuck on an island. When comparing the roles of both Creon and Jack, there are many similarities and differences that arise ultimately coming to the conclusion that Creon is the worse leader.
The two leaders are considerably alike in various ways. When both Creon and Jack believed in something or wanted something done their way, they fought for it and absolutely nothing could stop them. Creon would not listen to anything his son had to say about Antigone because he believed that whoever buried Polyneices was to be killed and even though it was Antigone, she was to die and nothing could be done differently. Creon states in line 105: “My voice is the one voice giving......
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