FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
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Macbeth
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Banquo
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Duncan
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Donalbain
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Detailed explanation-1: -Duncan is the King of Scotland. The play begins with Duncan, his sons and his thanes engaged in a battle with rebel lords and the invading King of Norway. He trusts Macbeth and all of his loyal men, and makes Macbeth Thane of Cawdor in gratitude for his service in the battle.
Detailed explanation-2: -Macbeth, (died August 15, 1057, near Lumphanan, Aberdeen [now in Aberdeenshire], Scotland), king of Scots from 1040, the legend of whose life was the basis of Shakespeare’s Macbeth.
Detailed explanation-3: -Duncan is the model of a virtuous, benevolent, and farsighted ruler. His death symbolizes the destruction of an order in Scotland that can be restored only when Duncan’s line, in the person of Malcolm, once more occupies the throne.
Detailed explanation-4: -Donnchad mac Crinain (Scottish Gaelic: Donnchadh mac Crìonain; anglicised as Duncan I, and nicknamed An t-Ilgarach, “the Diseased” or “the Sick"; c. 1001 – 14 August 1040) was king of Scotland (Alba) from 1034 to 1040. He is the historical basis of the “King Duncan” in Shakespeare’s play Macbeth.
Detailed explanation-5: -At the opening of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, the king is Duncan. Macbeth and Banquo have led a victory in battle, and Macbeth then is influenced by the predictions of the Three Witches.