Macbeth History Notes!

Site #1:
•Tone: (dark play) sinister and evil
•Written 1606 when James I was king. He symbolized the union of Scottish and English
•1st – Macbeth killed his predecessor Duncan I. 2nd – Duncan’s son, Malcolm killed Macbeth (Macbeth ruled for 17yrs.)
•Of the 14 kings, 10 were murdered.
•Shakespeare made changes to the truth to add drama.
Site #2:
•Very gruesome, “not for family entertainment.” Tons of murders, twisted minds, witches, devil, and evil.
•Shakespeare wrote remix of Macbeth to clear Banquo, King James’ reputation.
•The play takes place during the war time. (this adds to drama and kings’ strategizing)
•Lulach was killed by Malcolm who later married his wife, Margaret, and took his kid.
•Three witches= connection to Greeks and myths
•The word evil is used a lot, but to refer to bad deeds and habits.
Site #4:
•Shakespeare used “Holinshed’s Chronicle of the History of England and Scotland” for info.
Site #5:
•Sources that contributed to Shakespeare’s’ Macbeth: Holinshed’s chronicles, Scotorum Historial, Discovery of witchcraft and Daemonologic.
•Three Purposes are: dramatic purpose, thematic purpose, and political purpose.
•The changes and structure/ style that Shakespeare adds, causes the different purposes.