How Did Shakespeare Make Macbeth A Good King

In the Shakespeare play, Macbeth, two kings are killed because they are not good kings. There seems to be only a few important characteristics a good king should have to be well-liked by his people and to be good for his people. I believe a good king must be smart and well-informed to what is going on over the land that they rule, loyal to his people as they are to him, and he must not abuse his power and take advantage of the people below him. Duncan was killed by Macbeth because he was unaware of Macbeth's intentions to become king, which made it easy for Macbeth to kill him. A good king should never let his guard down because every king has someone that wants to dethrone him. Macbeth was not a good king because his primary interest was his own power, and he was so mentally caught up with his power that he paid no attention to the surrounding threats. …show more content…
Other less important sources that helped Shakespeare write his dramatized version of what really happened, included Reginald Scot's Discovery of Witchcraft, and Daemonologie, written in 1599 by King James I(Winstanley). There are several reasons to what Shakespeare’s reasoning behind his dramatic changes to history. Some believe the three main reasons are for the goal to create a more dramatic style of writing to make it more exciting than what actually happened based on the sources, to creating a more complex characterization of Macbeth; and to please the beliefs of reigning monarch, King James the First. And, Shakespeare's alterations work to convey the emotion showed in many of his works, that there is a divine right of kings, and that to take over the throne is a crime against all of humanity. The play Macbeth is based on the real king of Scotland in the eleventh