Lady Macbeth Research Paper

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At the beginning of the play Macbeth and Banquo take down and defeat two invading armies. One army was from Ireland led by Macdonwald the Irishman. The other army was for Norway. After they have taken down the armies Macbeth and Banquo run into three witches by the moor. The three witches tell Macbeth that he will be crowned thane of Cawdor and king of Scotland. The thane before Macbeth betrayed scotland by fighting with the Norwegians. Duncan has condemned the ex thane to death. Lady Macbeth which is Macbeth’s wife, wants Macbeth to kill Duncan so he can have his kingship. Macbeth arrives at Iverness. Lady Macbeth persuades him to kill King Duncan that same night. Lady Macbeth and Macbeth planned to get duncan’s two chamberlains …show more content…

His father was killed fifteen years after he was born. When Macbeth’s father died he went and stayed with his Grandpa who was the king of Scotland. A few fourteen years later, Macbeth’s grandfather dies. When his grandpa passed away his throne and heirs went to Duncan. Duncan became involved in the Anglo-Norse affairs. Duncan actually died by Macbeth’s hands during the fight and with the help of his cousin Thorfinn. Shakespeare use Boerce’s work to shape the view of Lady Macbeth as an evil woman. Macbeth’s wifes name was Gruoch. She was a widow with a man named Gillacomgain who was killed by Macbeth or Macbeth’s people. Their marriage wasn’t out of love but for politics and to make peace between two …show more content…

He wrote it over 500 years after Macbeth had died and he titled the play Macbeth. Macbeth calls Duncan cousin even though they aren’t actually cousins. The name Macbeth means “ Son of life” in Gaelic. There’s a theory that Shakespeare took a line from something that haunted the play and put it in the play. The role of Macbeth is only 719 lines long which isn’t even half of Hamlet. This play is about a brave scottish general who learns from three witches that he will become king of Scotland but has to kill many and several times before it actually happens. This play is sometimes called the Scottish Play or the Scottish King. The earliest film of Macbeth was Black and white and silent and this was made back in 1908. When the play first came out, women were not allowed to act back then so all the women parts were played and acted out by men. The story Macbeth was written by William Shakespeare. William Shakespeare wrote this play in 1606. The first showing of this play was in 1611. The play Macbeth is a tragedy and drama. This play dramtises the physical and psychological effects of political ambition on those who seek power for their own sake and the damages that they do they don’t care how it may affect or ruin people’s lives or everyday