FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
MACBETH
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Malcolm
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Donalbain
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Fleance
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Macdonwald
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Detailed explanation-1: -Donalbain flees to Ireland after the murder of his father for refuge. He is based upon a personage in an account of King Duncan in Holinshed’s Chronicles, a history of Britain familiar to Shakespeare. He is ultimately based on the historical King Donald III of Scotland .
Detailed explanation-2: -Two Scottish noblemen, Macduff and Lennox, arrive to visit King Duncan and discover his body. Macbeth kills the “guilty” servants as punishment as King Duncan’s sons, Malcolm and Donalbain arrive. Believing that their own lives are in danger, Duncan’s sons flee the court; Malcolm to England and Donalbain to Ireland.
Detailed explanation-3: -Macduff goes to wake Duncan and re-enters horrified, raising the alarm for his murder. The household gather and Macbeth announces that he has slain the two guards, considering them primary suspects. Duncan’s sons, Malcolm and Donalbain, fearing for their own safety, flee to England and Ireland respectively.
Detailed explanation-4: -Donald III (Medieval Gaelic: Domnall mac Donnchada; Modern Gaelic: Dòmhnall mac Dhonnchaidh), and nicknamed “Donald the Fair” or “Donald the White” (Medieval Gaelic:"Domnall Bán", anglicised as Donald Bane/Bain or Donalbane/Donalbain) (c. 1032–1099), was King of Scots from 1093 to 1094 and 1094–1097.