The+real+Macbeth

//**The real Macbeth.**// __What We Thought__ The Story Macbeth is, in a quick summary, about a man named Macbeth that murders a king, upsets the Scottish throne, has encounters with [|witches], as well as gotten his best companion assassinated, and later was killed by a man named Macduff in a place called Dunsinane. Although, it sounds like a fairy-tale, it turns out that Macbeth was a true living person at one point in history. __Macbeth in Early Years__ Macbeth was born around 1005, in to what could be consider royalty, his father Finlay Mormaer of Moray was a high steward of one of the ancient Celtic provinces of Scotland. His mother on the other hand was Donada, the second daughter of Malcolm II. The real Macbeth ruled as king of Scotland from 1040-1057, by overthrowing and killing King Duncan, thus gaining control over his previous position. The Macbeth did have meaning to it and that was "son of life", by many scholars he was depicted to look like [|"the liberal king ... fair, yellow hair and tall ... ruddy countenance."] . __Two Different Macbeth's__ Unlike Shakespeare's portrayal of Macbeth, Macbeth was a powerful and successful king who ruled for seventeen years.In 1054, Malcolm III, son of Duncan I, and Earl Siward of Northumbria, seeked revenge and defeated Macbeth at Dunsinane. But, apparently they did not dethrone or kill Macbeth. After that Macbeth ruled for another three years. This is very different from Shakespeare’s play where a different character named Macduff battles against Macbeth. Another contrasting anecdote between Shakespeare and the real Macbeth is that, Macbeth had enough power to lead an expedition to Rome in 1050 and then return to reign seven more years. At those times that was considered to be a great achievement for a king. Dissimilar, Shakespeare’s Macbeth had a very unsuccessful [|monarchy.] All in all the real Macbeth wasn't exactly what Shakespeare sought out for him to be in his play, even though it was based on a true character in history.