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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 …

…of Scotland is to keep his secret quiet about the murder. Iago and Macbeth are similar because they both have tragic flaws leading to their destruction. The flaws are common that anyone could possess, but for these two characters, it caused them to become absent minded and disregard any law or rule of mankind. Iago is naturally evil, but Macbeth must find within himself an evil with the help of the witches and Lady Macbeth.