Iago and Macbeth Comparison and Contrast
Tragic heroes are identified in many of Shakespeare's plays. In The Tragedy of Macbeth and The Tragedy of Othello, The Moor of Venice, a character is developed as the tragic hero. In Shakespearean literature, the tragic hero must possess a tragic flaw. Iago, from Othello, is driven by greed and jealousy to his destruction at the end if the play. Macbeth, from Macbeth, is driven by two outside forces: the three weird sisters, and his wife. Both are also foolish and fall into a state of general disregard for the law. While the two characters are very different, their tragic flaws link them both to evil.Macbeth is a man "not without ambition"(1.5.18.). He desires to be king in due time, if that is the way that fate should happen to play; however, his wife, Lady Macbeth, believes that it would be best for him to be king at all expenses. At the beginning of the play, Macbeth encounters three witches that hail him as the Thane of Glamis, his current position, Thane of Cawdor, the position he is appointed to by the king, and "King hereafter" (1.3.54.). These witches give him the prophecy of becoming the Thane of Cawdor before King Duncan honors Macbeth. Because the prophecy was tru
Iago was different from Macbeth in the fact that he did not use outside sources to help him with his revenge. Roderigo also wanted to have revenge on Othello because he had married the women that Roderigo had loved, Desdemona. Cassio is appointed to be lieutenant to Othello, but Iago sees this as blasphemy. Lady Macbeth's words "Like the poor cat i' the adage," allow Macbeth to think about "what if" (1. He slinks around the backs of all who were trusting of him. Macbeth is not dumb, but it is contestable that Iago is smarter than Macbeth. Iago has ambition, and his own will to carry through with his plot. Iago's jealousy will cause his demise, as the quote states. Iago is naturally evil, but Macbeth must find within himself an evil with the help of the witches and Lady Macbeth. He knows how to manipulate every character. Iago to Othello: "Yet I do hold it very stuff o' th' conscience / To do no contrived murder.
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