it was the five-year anniversary of macbeth’s defeat. macbeth, a town-proclaimed tyrant, had died in a sword fight with macduff, whose family had been killed prior to the attack on scotland. malcolm was king now, and he was so much better than macbeth. he had restored order and compensated for anyone majorly affected in the attacks him and macduff had planned. he had sent a search party out for donalbain, and they had spent 3 years looking for him until they discovered, thanks to witness stories they had found, he had been drowned in the oceans surrounding ireland. malcolm had married, a nice lady named edith, who was free spirited and funny like donalbain, which might have been the reason malcolm had fallen for her. they had already spent …show more content…
malcolm was often too soft in his rulings, not wanting to become a copy of macbeth, and that was his hamartia, he was constantly apologetic, and almost never put his foot down. usually, he relied on edith to be bold, which was unusual at the time and day. it was one of those relationships, you see, where there was one bold person and one soft person, and it would usually be a bold man, and soft-spoken woman, but malcolm , despite being the oldest child of king duncan, was very kind and even shy, rarely, while donalbain was loud and witty. it was always that malcolm and edith would plan celebrations on the day macbeth died, donned cuimhnigh day by macduff, to remember malcolm and macduff’s families, killed in macbeth's rule. while it meant “remember” in irish, for donalbain, people never associated it with the war, as it was a day of free food, almost a carnival, with games for the children and other activities for all. you could enjoy discounted items and a free dinner with the king in the middle of the square.children would create banners and wave them around the city, singing old songs with the free childlike spirit that brought to everyone a smile to their