As most of you know William Shakespeare was a 16-17th century English playwright who wrote many of the best known and most performed plays in the world.
His plays continue to be performed nearly four centuries after his death because they contain so many universal truths and so many of them deal with the intricacies of power and politics, i.e. “Julius Caesar“, “Hamlet“, Othello, and several others.
I recently read an article that used Shakespeare’s plays in the business decision making process; very interesting.
One of the chapters dealt with earning the trust and loyalty of subordinates; several of Shakespeare’s characters faced this dilemma, some successfully, and some, like Julius Caesar” not so well.
In his play “Henry V“, based on the real King Henry V of England, the charter playing King Henry visits his troops in disguise the night before a major battle to get the inside story of what they were really thinking and saying.
In talking with his troops the disguised King Henry is able to convince them their cause is a just one and earn for himself their loyalty.
On the day before battle he comes out of his disguise and gives them a rousing speech which inspires them to defeat the French in a great battle even though they were outnumbered 5 to 1 (must have been a heck of a speech). 😉
“………. . We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother; be he ne’er so vile, This day shall gentle his condition; And gentlemen in England, now a-bed Shall think themselves accurs’d they were not here, And hold their manhoods cheap, whiles any speaks That fought with us upon Saint Crispin’s day. (Act 4, scene 3)”.Another section dealt with developing your powers of persuasion; a great leadership trait that motivates others to action and creates change.Another section dealt with developing your powers of persuasion; a great leadership trait that motivates others to action and creates change.In the play “Julius Caesar”, Caesar is murdered by a group of conspirators led by a character named Brutus. After Caesar is dead Brutus tries to justify the crime to the people of Rome by telling them Caesar was becoming too ambitious and the conspirators killed him to save them.
Another section dealt with developing your powers of persuasion; a great leadership trait that motivates others to action and creates change.In the play “Julius Caesar”, Caesar is murdered by a group of conspirators led by a character named Brutus. After Caesar is dead Brutus tries to justify the crime to the people of Rome by telling them Caesar was becoming too ambitious and the conspirators killed him to save them.Calling on some world class powers of persuasion, Caesar’s friend Mark Anthony gives his famous funeral oration after Brutus speaks and rallies the people of Rome against Brutus and his group.
“Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears;
I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.
The evil that men do lives after them;
The good is oft interred with their bones;
So let it be with Caesar. The noble Brutus
Hath told you Caesar was ambitious:
If it were so, it was a grievous fault,
And grievously hath Caesar answer’d it.
Here, under leave of Brutus and the rest–
For Brutus is an honourable man;
So are they all, all honourable men–
Come I to speak in Caesar’s funeral.
He was my friend, faithful and just to me:
But Brutus says he was ambitious;
And Brutus is an honourable man…………..………………………………………”
 And Mark Anthony proceeds to thoroughly damn Brutus and his co-conspirators to such an extent that the people become enraged and gather to drive them from the city.ÂÂ
Talk about a world class speech; no wonder Brutus and his buddies got ran out of town.
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