The Historical Context Of Shakespeare's Macbeth

Many important texts happened in the historical context of Medieval Scotland including, Shakespeare's Macbeth. Like most of Shakespeare’s pieces, they seem strange, disturbing, and dumb to the unknowledgeable twenty-first century reader. Which is why everyone needs to understand the historical context, so they can have a chance to love the plays. To develop a full appreciation for Shakespeare’s Macbeth, one should track the crown, trace the peasants, study the church, and follow the timeline.

As we all should have an appreciation for Shakespeare’s Macbeth, the easiest way to do that is to track the crown. Since, Kingship is not inherited directly from the king, but future king have to be a member of a dynasty, or come from a specific ancestor(Woolf).
Some would even give up everything to take holy vows to become a nun or monk(Middle Ages). Medieval Scotland was a every religious country that devote itself to it God. So much so that witchcraft was considered an “evil practice” that involved a “relationship with the devil” and hence considered “a threat to social stability”(The Historical). In Macbeth, Shakespeare use witches and black magic to drive the plot and create fear in the audience. Whenever there’s references to superstition, read up on it because it means more, like Macbeth and the number three, means bad luck, misfortune, and worst of all evil. Not the number of witches or apparitions or things that's been
“Shakespeare draws the plot of Macbeth from the historical sources- particularly Raphael Holinshed’s Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland.” Shakespeare’s Macbeth follows closely to ancient historical authors like Raphael Holinshed, except when he add verbal irony, superstition, or other poetic/religious elements to make the play not only interesting but also understandable to the average Scotsman. One instance where the plays follow reality is when, at the beginning of the play Macbeth refutes the attack from the Hebrides lead by Sweeno or Macdonwald(The Historical). In Macbeth, Shakespeare use real murders to portray Macbeth as an Evil Self-Centered King. ”...Some critics further contend that the play was written to be played not in the Globe theater, but as a private performance before the King(Macbeth)”(The Historical). Whenever things just don’t add up and nothing seem right it’s probably because, they story isn't adding up, without history, it's