In William Shakespeare's classic poem and play Julius Caesar, Sophocles' Oedipus the King, and Homer's The Odyssey, the main characters are leaders with varying degrees of success. Julius Caesar is killed by his own "friends", Oedipus has his eyes gouged out, and Odysseus faces many setbacks, but manages to return home. All these classic heroes had one thing in common. That’s because they were trying to lead through domination. In William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, Sophocles' Oedipus the King, and Homer's The Odyssey, all the heroes attempt to rule their people through domination. First, in William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, leadership is expressed through domination. The first way leadership presents itself in Julius Caesar is domination of the people. In the opening lines of the play, Marullus, an upper-class man, tells the people to do it; “Go!/Run to your homes, fall on your knees,/Pray to the gods that they may interrupt the plague/That the seeds shall germinate on this ingratitude.” Here, domination leads the plebians to do what Marullus wants to do. Furthermore, domination reigns over the common people when Mark Antony uses his speech to control the actions of the plebeians; "I will not harm them; I would rather choose / To harm the dead, to harm myself and you, / Than to harm such honorable men" (III.ii.145 ​​Shakespeare). Here, Mark Antony, using obvious innuendo, leads the people of Rome to believe that if they agree with Brutus and Cassius, they will harm the dead, Mark Antony, and themselves. Mark Antony then uses this fire that he has lit to lead people to mutiny. In this case, Mark Antony uses his speech to dominate the feelings and ultimately the actions of ordinary people, ultimately killing them all. For example, when Odysseus dominates the actions of the crew and leads them to kill the second of the sea monsters, killing the majority of his crew for no reason other than pride. In the epic he plays Julius Caesar, The Odyssey and The leadership of Oedipus Rex is expressed through domination. Julius Caesar was ultimately stabbed for his rule over his people. Oedipus has found himself in ruins by gouging out his eyes while attempting to dominate his destiny, and Odysseus arrives home, but to the detriment of his entire crew, through his acts of complete and utter domination over those around him. Although many classic heroes showed leadership through domination of others and their ideas, all found themselves in dire straits. This is a clear message to all who read these works: domination is not the way to lead...