BookRags.com Literature Guides Literature
Guides
Criticism & Essays Criticism &
Essays
Questions & Answers Questions &
Answers
Lesson Plans Lesson
Plans
My Bibliography Periodic Table U.S. Presidents Shakespeare Sonnet Shake-Up
Research Anything:        
History | Encyclopedias | Films | News | Create a Bibliography | More... Login | Register | Help

Search "Macbeth"

Contents Navigation
 
Not What You Meant?  There are 19 definitions for Macbeth.  Also try: Lennox or Macca or Old man or Duncan of Scotland.

Macbeth

Print-Friendly  Order the PDF version  Order the RTF version
William Shakespeare
About 11 pages (3,170 words)
Macbeth Summary

Bookmark and Share Questions on this topic? Just ask!
Macbeth's castle, of which Duncan says, "This castle hath a pleasant seat" (Shakespeare, Macbeth, 1.6.1), was most likely a rough fort. It probably consisted of a central hall built of wood upon a mound of raised dirt that was circled by a log wall.

Succession and feuding in Scotland. When King Malcolm 11 of Scotland died in 1034, his last command was that the throne should pass to his oldest grandson, Duncan. This last request went against the Celtic tradition of succession, which stipulated that the inheritance of the throne alternate between different branches of the family. The historical Macbeth, who was also a grandson of King Malcolm, felt that he should succeed the old king, as prescribed by tradition. He further supported his claim through the ancestry of his wife, the Lady Gruoch, who was a direct descendent of two earlier Scottish kings, Malcolm I and Kenneth III. Despite the fact that Macbeth's claim on the throne was valid, it was rejected in favor of Duncan's claim. The old king's will continued to exert power even from the grave.

Macbeth was not immediately hostile to the new king, but several years into Duncan's reign, he raised an army and openly opposed him.

This is a free page. This page contains 194 words. This article contains 3,170 words (approx. 11 pages at 300 words per page).

Read the rest of this Article with our Macbeth Access Pass.

View all | View only answered questions | View only unanswered questions
i want examples of dramatic irony in Macbeth , please
10

What Points Mean

The best answer to this question will earn 10 points. All other answers will earn 1 point. Click for more information.
In Critical Essays | Asked by salley | 0 answers | Open for 10 more hours
Asked from the Macbeth study pack
(1 question)
Ask any question on Macbeth and get it answered FAST!
Answer questions in BookRags Q&A and earn points toward
discounted or even FREE Study Guides and other BookRags products!
Learn more about BookRags Q&A
Copyrights
Macbeth from Literature and Its Times. ©2008 Thomson Gale, a part of the Thomson Corporation. All rights reserved.



Join BookRagslearn moreJoin BookRags


About BookRags | Customer Service | Report an Error | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy