Shakespeare got his story from Raphael Holinshed's Chronicle.
In that time the pressure made war and even the slaughter of one community by another a fact of life.
The name "Macbeth" means son of life, His father Findleech was ruler of Moray.
Lady Macbeth was originally married to Gillacomgain but Macbeth murdered him then raised his step son Lucan as his own.
Duncan killed his enemies, Then became king, Then married sibyna Rearsson and the had Malcolm.
Macbeth and Thor finn killed Duncan and both took over power of the kingdom.
Macbeth is known to be a great king, But in the last decade he was known as a harsh king.
Shakespeare's Macbeth is an intelligent man while Buchannan's depiction of Macbeth is a cruel barbarous man.
The purpose Shakespeare wrote Macbeth was simply to entertain the royals and introduce Macbeth's guilty conscience as a way to intrigue and compliment King James.
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