The Real Macbeth Research Paper

Second, when William Shakespeare wrote The Tragedy of Macbeth, he wrote it to present his audience some of the history of Scotland. For the audience to understand the relationship between Shakespeare’s Macbeth and the actual man it is important to explore some history about the real Macbeth.Macbeth or also known as Mac Bethad Mac Fidlaich was born around 1005 (Johnson B.). He is believed to have been a respected warrior who became king after defeating King Duncan during battle. During his 17 years as king he is said to have been a just ruler who brought prosperity to Scotland. According to the article he was said to give money to the poor and helped the people in need. In 1054 Malcolm the son of King Duncan killed Macbeth and Lulach Macbeth’s

Throughout “Macbeth” William Shakespeare provides the audience all of the consequences involved with the ambition of Macbeth to become king. He begins by presenting Macbeth as a great warrior who becomes Thane of Cawdor and later does everything to become king. Macbeths ambitions lead him to kill King Duncan. In Act I Scene VII Macbeth mentions “ To prick the sides of my intent, but only vaulting ambition, which o’erleaps itself and falls on th’other” (Shakespeare W.) this means that the only thing that drives him is his ambition, and he is trying to convince himself to kill the king which he does because he is led by his ambition. Macbeth does not want to kill the king but he knows that the king’s death is the only way for him to get closer to the throne. All throughout the play Macbeths actions are led by his

This shows that William Shakespeare wrote Macbeth to help the audience control their ambitions and keep them from killing the king because not only did he bring out his play a year after the famous plot but according to Shakespeare makes a reference to the Gunpowder plot when Lady Macbeth mentions to her husband to “look like the innocent flower but be the serpent under it” this makes a connection to the Gunpowder plot because King James had a medal made which had a snake hiding behind flowers as a remembrance of the Gunpowder Plot (The British Library). This shows that William Shakespeare wrote Macbeth in order to scare people who were interested in getting King James I out of the English throne by showing them all of the consequences that occurred to Macbeth after the decided to kill the