Analyze one of the following characters: Oedipus, Creon, Antigone, Odysseus, or Circe (Kirke) as a leader. So this essay will be a character study, but you will be focusing on particular aspects of that character. Many of that character’s traits will affect his or her abilities, style, and effectiveness as a leader, but some might not. If a trait is unrelated to leadership, do not discuss that in this paper. If your character appears in more than one book, you can refer to both books, but you don’t need to.
Create an interesting title for your essay, something more than simply “Odysseus” or “Leadership.” Aim for a title that will indicate how your paper is unique. Begin your essay with an introduction that mentions the title and author of the book you’re analyzing, briefly summarizes the plot, and includes a thesis that you will be proving throughout the paper. The most likely method of organizing your essay will be to discuss each character trait you analyze in a paragraph of its own. Then, when you move on to the next trait, discuss it in a separate paragraph of its own. You should not, in other words, follow the organization of the book(s) because then you will probably repeat yourself unnecessarily. But be sure to provide transitions between your paragraph so that your reader can see how the ideas in one paragraph are related to those in the next paragraph. Finally, write a conclusion that indicates how your reader might think differently about the text and character after reading your paper.