Relationship Between Macbeth And The 11th Century

The factual and historical correlation between Shakespeare's Macbeth and the early 11th century begins with Duncan becoming the King of Scotland in 1034 when Malcolm died. Duncan’s father and mother were Crinan and Bethoc, who is the daughter of Malcolm II. Duncan was born in 1001. In 1030 he married Sybilla and they had two children, Malcolm III and Duncan III.

Historical accounts show that Duncan was a very less-predominant leader than the former king and in August of 1040 Duncan was fatally wounded in battle against Macbeth of Moray who then forcefully took Duncan’s throne from it’s hereditary and rightful owners Malcolm and Donald. Malcolm III was born in 1031. He was crowned as king on April 25, 1058. Malcolm had two wives. The first was Ingibiorg who was the

Macbeth is worried that his fate, as predicted by the three witches, of ill fortune will come true and when his manliness is mocked by his wife, Macbeth agrees to kill Duncan.

Shakespeare’s account of the man Macbeth makes him into a terrible villain who murders multiple people in order to obtain the throne and attempts to challenge Fate and Fortune. Macbeth later hallucinates the ghost of Banquo and this causes even further uneasiness about the murders Macbeth has committed. There is essentially no historical evidence of almost all of the characteristics of Shakespeare’s Macbeth.

Lady Macbeth is a key role in the play “Macbeth”, while in reality she is probably the one we have the least factual knowledge about. She convinces her husband to murder on multiple occasions in order to get what she wanted. She mocked and demeaned him along with the three witches. Lady Macbeth’s guilt of her deeds, or the deeds of her husband by her forceful hand, then drives her mad and she never