Was Alexander the Great a "good leader"? Compare/Contrast with Pericles.
Alexander was not a cruel leader, he tried to be fair to his people, but often manipulated them. He was considered a "good leader" to many people because of the inspirational speeches he gave at the cry of battle. Alexander was also very selfish and wanted power badly. He risked many lives in doing this, he also earned a reckless reputation. He was ego centric risking his troops and his own life for power. He was dangerous in his ways and he caused many problems with other nations. Pericles was different he instead wanted to do the best for the people. He showed them this by caring and attempting to hear what the people had to say. Pericles was not as ego centric and almost an odd ruler for that time period since he cared about his people. He was willing to listen and wanted to keep them safe. Without a doubt Pericles was a better ruler than Alexander, because of many reasons. Alexander might have been a good leader on the battle lines, with amazing strategies, but he was not ready to take care of his people.
Grace-
ReplyDeleteAlexander was trying to be fair, but also wanted all the power. One thing that really motivated Alexander was to take back the Greek honor that was lost for 150 years. Overall, your post was good, but try to elaborate more on why Alexander tried to be 'fair' to his people.
-Amanda:)
Nice response, Grace! Your dailies should be a little bit longer, though. Check out this website for information about Alexander the Great: http://library.thinkquest.org/C007680/alexander.html
ReplyDeleteI think you make an important distinction that would be greatly enhanced through specific pieces of evidence to support your argument.
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