Will the Real Macbeth Please Stand Up History
![Will the Real Macbeth Please Stand Up? History vs. Shakespeare’s Version Lecture Objective: Analyze Will the Real Macbeth Please Stand Up? History vs. Shakespeare’s Version Lecture Objective: Analyze](https://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/b7a880ce8b5f7f54a0d498a21b7a15c3/image-1.jpg)
Will the Real Macbeth Please Stand Up? History vs. Shakespeare’s Version Lecture Objective: Analyze similarities and differences between history and art
![Objectives: Analyze… How does Shakespeare’s version of Macbeth’s story differ from historical accounts of Objectives: Analyze… How does Shakespeare’s version of Macbeth’s story differ from historical accounts of](http://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/b7a880ce8b5f7f54a0d498a21b7a15c3/image-2.jpg)
Objectives: Analyze… How does Shakespeare’s version of Macbeth’s story differ from historical accounts of Macbeth’s story? Decide why Shakespeare created a revised history when writing Macbeth.
![Shakespeare’s Macbeth Written between 16031606 –First performed 1606 –First published 1609 Shakespeare’s Macbeth Written between 16031606 –First performed 1606 –First published 1609](http://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/b7a880ce8b5f7f54a0d498a21b7a15c3/image-3.jpg)
Shakespeare’s Macbeth Written between 16031606 –First performed 1606 –First published 1609
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1034: Malcolm II is succeeded by his grandson Duncan as King of Scotland 1040: King Duncan tries to impose his will on northern Scotland suppress local nobles
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Historical Macbeth 1040: Macbeth of Moray defeats Duncan at Battle of Pitgaveny, and becomes king of Scotland … – … until 1057 Duncan’s wife flees with her two sons, Malcolm and Donalbain
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Historical Macbeth 1054: Edward the Confessor, King of England, orders invasion of Scotland 1057: Malcolm (Duncan’s son) defeats Macbeth at Battle of Dunsinane, and becomes Malcolm III – Earl of Northumbria, Siward, leads army into Scotland
![Duncan vs. Macbeth #truth (for real in actual history) Duncan’s rule: – 6 years Duncan vs. Macbeth #truth (for real in actual history) Duncan’s rule: – 6 years](http://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/b7a880ce8b5f7f54a0d498a21b7a15c3/image-7.jpg)
Duncan vs. Macbeth #truth (for real in actual history) Duncan’s rule: – 6 years – characterized by failed battles and ineffective leadership Macbeth’s rule: – 17 years – called “benevolent” and “renowned” – no mention of Lady Macbeth’s effect on her husband
![Jumping Ahead … The relationship between James I and Banquo … Jumping Ahead … The relationship between James I and Banquo …](http://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/b7a880ce8b5f7f54a0d498a21b7a15c3/image-8.jpg)
Jumping Ahead … The relationship between James I and Banquo …
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Historical Banquo Mentioned by Holinshed in Chronicles (1587) Supposedly an ancestor of the Fitzalan High Stewards of Scotland – ancestors of James VI/I – 19 th century research shows the Fitzalan couldn’t have descended from Scottish heritage; what James I believed was likely erroneous
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James VI of Scotland became James I of England Scotland, 1603
![James I First monarch to unite English and Scottish thrones – Second successive Protestant James I First monarch to unite English and Scottish thrones – Second successive Protestant](http://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/b7a880ce8b5f7f54a0d498a21b7a15c3/image-11.jpg)
James I First monarch to unite English and Scottish thrones – Second successive Protestant monarch Claimed Banquo as his ancestor Paranoid about assassination plots – Guy Fawkes Day! Nov 5 th, annually
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James I In 1597, wrote a book called Daemonology In 1597 -8, wrote The Trew Law of Free Monarchies, originating the idea of the Divine Right of Kings
![James I Intended victim of the Gunpowder Plot 1605: – Guy Fawkes and co-conspirators James I Intended victim of the Gunpowder Plot 1605: – Guy Fawkes and co-conspirators](http://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/b7a880ce8b5f7f54a0d498a21b7a15c3/image-13.jpg)
James I Intended victim of the Gunpowder Plot 1605: – Guy Fawkes and co-conspirators – Wanted to blow up Parliament – Tragedy averted; co-conspirators caught, tortured, and executed
![Members of the Gunpowder Plot (Guy Fawkes is third from right) Members of the Gunpowder Plot (Guy Fawkes is third from right)](http://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/b7a880ce8b5f7f54a0d498a21b7a15c3/image-14.jpg)
Members of the Gunpowder Plot (Guy Fawkes is third from right)
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![Exit Slip: On your blank sheet of paper v. Draw two Macbeths to show Exit Slip: On your blank sheet of paper v. Draw two Macbeths to show](http://slidetodoc.com/presentation_image/b7a880ce8b5f7f54a0d498a21b7a15c3/image-16.jpg)
Exit Slip: On your blank sheet of paper v. Draw two Macbeths to show you can differentiate between the two: – On the left, draw and annotate historical Macbeth – On the right, draw and annotate literary Macbeth
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Exit Slip Front of Note Card Explain why Shakespeare created a revisionist history when writing Macbeth. Back of Note Card Write the most current version of your Macbeth paper thesis statement.
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