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     Historical MacBeth comp ared to Shakespeares MacBethAlthough most of Shakespeares cope with " MacBeth " is not historicallyaccurate,MacBeths life is the subject of the tragedy. There are charactersand eventsthat are based on true events and real persons but, Shakespeares"MacBeth" differs significantly from historys MacBeth.      The first ensample of a differencebetween the Shakespeare "MacBeth" andhistorical MacBeth is the death of DuncanI. In Shakespeares " MacBeth ",Duncan I was executeed by MacBeth. A prophecysaid to MacBeth by star of thethree witches "All hail, MacBeth, that shaltbe queen hereafter1 ." was whatprompted Gruoch, MacBeths wife to plot themurder of Duncan I as he sleptin their castle. In history, MacBeth establishedhimself as the King ofScots after cleanup his cousin Duncan I, in date nearElgin not as inShakespeares play by killing him in his sleep. Duncan I waskilled on Aug ust14, 1040. MacBeth then reigned as male monarch for seventeen geezerhood.     Aspreviously stated Duncan I and MacBeth were cousins, a feature notbrought outin the play. Shakespeare loosely based the play," MacBeth " onevents he foundin Raphael Holinsheds Chronicles of England, Scotland, andIreland. " RaphaelHolinsheds Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland,are the materialsthat furnished Shakespeare with his plot2. The chronicleswere an account ofthe history of the farming of which they came from.      Another major difference,is that Duncan I was not the ageing andrespected mightiness Shakespeare makes himout to be, In real life, Fiona SummersetFry author of History of Scotlandsays " He was actually an impetuous and spoilt young man whose sixyears of world powership brought glory neither to Scotland nor to his family3."     In the playslast scene, McDuff kills MacBeth and automatically bec omesthe new King ofScots. In actual history MacBeth is killed by Malcom terzettobut Lulach, MacBethsstepson, becomes the king after the noblemen of Morayfight for his succession.Lulach reigned for seven months and was thendethroned by Malcom III of Caenmore.     MacBethis presented in the play as clumsy and unorganised. In realitythough, hewas one of the best kings that Scotland ever had. " During hisreign, he wenton a trip to Rome for several months4." His kingdom wasin well enough bon ton and he was in high enough regard with his nobleman thathe could leavefor a long period of time. Another way you could describe thatMacBeth was a good