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Shakespeare's Macbeth: Fact Or Fiction

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While reading Macbeth many people may view it as a far-fetched piece of fiction, a story simply told for entertainment. However, what many do not know is that the story is based on 11th century Scotland and the characters of this play were real people. Details of the murders and other pieces of the story have been change but Shakespeare's famous play Macbeth is based on more fact than fiction. It all started in an estimate of 1005 when Macbeth was born in Northeast Scotland to his mother and father, Finnleach. In this same year, the current King of Scotland Kenneth III, is murdered by his cousin Malcolm who then claims the throne. Fifteen years later, Macbeth's father is murdered by his own cousins and Macbeth vows that he will someday get

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