An effective transformational leader takes an approach that creates change in individuals and social systems, as well as creating valuable and positive change in those they lead, ultimately guiding their followers into leaders. To what extent was Vlad III Dracula, or Vlad the Impaler, a transformational leader, through the demonstration of effective communication, collaboration, vision, selflessness and upstanding personal character? This question can be viewed from multiple perspectives, resulting in varying responses to the guiding question. In Romania, specifically Transylvania, Vlad II Dracula is considered a national hero, and continues to be idolized to this day. However, in the Western world, he is viewed as a monster, and was even the
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Underneath, and underling could be seen using an axe to remove the limbs of corpses, and the background featured near naked men and women writhing impaled on stakes. The woodcut was captioned, “Here begins a very cruel frightening story of a wild bloodthirsty man, Dracula the vivoid. How he impaled people and roasted them and hacked them into pieces like a head of cabbage. He also roasted the children of mothers and they had to eat the children themselves. And many other horrible things which are written in this tract and also in which land he ruled.” This woodcut demonstrates Vlad’s pure joy through the excruciating pain of others. Surrounded by corpses and his own citizens writhing, impaled on steaks, he enjoyed a meal. The fact that he chose to spend time surrounded by his own people, impaled on stakes, shows his sadistic tendencies and appalling lack of morals. On August 24, 1460, Vlad executed an attack on the village of Amlas. Vlad, along with multiple servants, crossed the forest in search of Saxons in the village of Amlas. Those he was able to gather were thrown into a pile, then slaughtered with knives and swords. Those he did not kill immediately were taken back to Wallachia and hanged. The remainder of Amlas, as well as outstanding inhabitants which totalled
Underneath, and underling could be seen using an axe to remove the limbs of corpses, and the background featured near naked men and women writhing impaled on stakes. The woodcut was captioned, “Here begins a very cruel frightening story of a wild bloodthirsty man, Dracula the vivoid. How he impaled people and roasted them and hacked them into pieces like a head of cabbage. He also roasted the children of mothers and they had to eat the children themselves. And many other horrible things which are written in this tract and also in which land he ruled.” This woodcut demonstrates Vlad’s pure joy through the excruciating pain of others. Surrounded by corpses and his own citizens writhing, impaled on steaks, he enjoyed a meal. The fact that he chose to spend time surrounded by his own people, impaled on stakes, shows his sadistic tendencies and appalling lack of morals. On August 24, 1460, Vlad executed an attack on the village of Amlas. Vlad, along with multiple servants, crossed the forest in search of Saxons in the village of Amlas. Those he was able to gather were thrown into a pile, then slaughtered with knives and swords. Those he did not kill immediately were taken back to Wallachia and hanged. The remainder of Amlas, as well as outstanding inhabitants which totalled