The History Once upon a time Holinshed’s Chronicles was considered the definitive text on English history. King Duncan’s son is crowned the new king of Scotland.ġ577 Illustration of MacBeth, Banquo, and the Three Witches In the end the English use the branches of forest trees to cover their advance on MacBeth’s castle and in the final battle he is killed by Macduff. Still MacBeth mused on the futility of life and on his guilty conscience. The wretched king finds the witches who assure him his kingdom is safe unless the forest marches against the castle and he cannot be killed by a man of woman born. Meanwhile, a Scottish nobleman enlists the help of an English army and marches to overthrow MacBeth. MacBeth and his lady are tormented by their guilt and begin killing noblemen around them who suspect their deeds Banquo is brutally murdered and MacBeth sees his ghost. The princes of Scotland flee, fearing foul deeds, and MacBeth is crowned the new king. With much fear and searing of conscience they prepare their daggers and in the night, MacBeth murders the king. MacBeth arrives home and tells his wife about the prophecy they eventually agree to murder King Duncan, though they welcome him warmly into the castle.
King Duncan gives MacBeth a new title (thus supposedly fulfilling the witches’ words) and announces that he will stay the night at the MacBeth castle. As he and his friend, Banquo, travel across a lonely heath, they come across three witches who prophecy that MacBeth will receive a new noble title and become king and Banquo will be the father of kings. The Play *Warning: Spoilers* MacBeth, a trusted nobleman of King Duncan, has just won a splendid victory against enemies of the realm. Let’s explore one of Shakespeare’s darkest tragedies and uncover the historical threads in the playwright’s fiction. Guess which Shakespearean we’re discussing today… If you said “MacBeth”, you are correct.
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