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I'm not gonna delete that answer, even though i know it's not right. King James I inspired him to write it because of his love for literature and because James had written a book called something like 'Daemonologie' about witches. Also, if you got in the kings good books, he would pay large sums of money, but if you got in his bad books the he would kill you. He only got the throne of England after Queen Elizabeth died.
Although King James may have given Shakespeare an interest in Scottish history, there is no reason to believe that the play was written to please the king particularly. We have records of lots of Shakespeare's plays from around then being played at court, but not Macbeth. We do, however, have a record of Macbeth being played at the Globe.
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∙ 16y agoIt's loosely based on a historical account of the Scottish King Macbeth, which was written by Raphael Holinshed.
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∙ 13y agoShakespeare's plays were almost all based on stories he had read. Sometimes they were based on plays he had seen. Very few of his plots are original.
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∙ 11y agoHe used facts about the Scottish King Macbeth
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∙ 6y agoKing James 1
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∙ 12y agoHolinshed's Chronicles
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What or who inspired William Shakespeare to write?
Nobody knows this.
Was Macbeth a fictional character made up by Shakespeare?
Macbeth was not a fictional character made up by Shakespeare. He was based on a historical character, although he is not in any way like the real historical Macbeth. Shakespeare took most of the story of Macbeth from the history book Holinshed's Chronicles which contains most of the events shown in the play. Shakespeare did develop the character of Macbeth found in Holinshed, but he did not invent him.
What inspired Shakespeare to write Othello?
As with almost all of Shakespeare's plays, Shakespeare got the story from a story he read somewhere.
Which plays did shakespeare write between 1605 and 1606?
Apparently, Macbeth and Antony and Cleopatra
What inspired William Shakespeare to write the tragedy of Julius Caesar?
It was because he was high on morphine
Who inspired Emily Dickinson to write poems?
Shakespeare
What or who inspired William Shakespeare to write?
Nobody knows this.
Was Macbeth a fictional character made up by Shakespeare?
Macbeth was not a fictional character made up by Shakespeare. He was based on a historical character, although he is not in any way like the real historical Macbeth. Shakespeare took most of the story of Macbeth from the history book Holinshed's Chronicles which contains most of the events shown in the play. Shakespeare did develop the character of Macbeth found in Holinshed, but he did not invent him.
What play did Shakespeare probably write to please James 1?
Macbeth.
How old was William when he started to write the Macbeth?
Macbeth was published in 1623, and William Shakespeare was born in 1564. You do the math! :)
When did shakespeare write his play called Macbeth?
Sometime between 1603 and 1607.
What inspired Shakespeare to write Othello?
As with almost all of Shakespeare's plays, Shakespeare got the story from a story he read somewhere.
Which plays did shakespeare write between 1605 and 1606?
Apparently, Macbeth and Antony and Cleopatra
What are 3 plays that William shakespeare write?
Romeo & Juiliet Much Ado about Nothing Macbeth
What inspired William Shakespeare to write the tragedy of Julius Caesar?
It was because he was high on morphine
What is the name of the play that some critic say that shakespeare used to write Macbeth?
Shakespeare got his plot for Macbeth from Holinshed's Chronicles, which is a history book, not a play. Parts of The Witch by Thomas Middleton were lifted from that rather unsuccessful play and plopped down into the middle of Macbeth, but it is suspected that this was not done by Shakespeare but by some later editor.
What does Shakespeare have to do with Fahrenheit?
Lady Macbeth in Shakespeare's play Macbeth says, 'You know your own degrees'
