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Hey I have a couple questions about Macbeth, What was the plan to kill Duncan, Who was Macbeth's father, and where did shakespeare get the background info for Macbeth!.Www@QuestionHome@Com


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The plan to kill Duncan was that Macbeth would get the guards drunk, stab Duncan in his sleep, then put the daggers with the guards to make it look like they did it!. Their motive would have been that Malcolm, Duncan's oldest son, hired them to kill his father so that he would become king!.

Macbeth's father wasn't really specified, I believe!.

It is said that Shakespeare got information for the witches spells by practicing witchcraft!. That is one of the theories for the curse on the show!. Keep in mind, though, that there are many theories that writers such as Bacon, De Vere, and Marlow wrote under the pseudonym "William Shakespeare", so don't also assume that a man named William Shakespeare wrote all those plays because there is so much evidence that says he didn't!.

I'm sorry this is so long, I just hope I helped!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

The major source for MacBeth was a History: Raphael Holinshed's Chronicles of England Scotland, and Ireland (1587)!. Here's a site that discusses the sources for MacBeth further:
http://www!.shakespeare-online!.com/source!.!.!.
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