Macbeth
A trio of witches prophesy to a courageous Scottish commander named Macbeth that he would one day become King of Scotland. Macbeth, consumed by ambition and prodded into action by his wife, assassinates King Duncan and usurps the Scottish throne. He suffers from guilt and paranoia as a result. To shield himself from animosity and suspicion, he is forced to execute more and more murders, and he quickly becomes a despotic tyrant. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth quickly descend into madness and death as a result of the slaughter and subsequent civil war.
The account of Macbeth, King of Scotland, Macduff, and Duncan in Holinshed's Chronicles (1587), a history of England, Scotland, and Ireland familiar to Shakespeare and his contemporaries, is Shakespeare's source for the storey, though the events in the play differ significantly from the real Macbeth's history.
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