MACBETH
Setting
Macbeth takes place in Scotland, in the middle of the eleventh century.
During that time, Scotland
officially was a kingdom, but ruled mostly by pretty independent barons
("thanes").
The play Macbeth is based on real events: the power-struggle in the middle
of the eleventh
century. The real Macbeth ruled Scotland between 1040 and 1057, but the
play doesn't follow that
exactly. The main characters are not invented, but I doubt that their
personalities do accord to
those in the play.
At the beginning of the play there has been a revolt against the Scottish
king, by the r…
