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 …showed first 75 words of 3155 total…

…showed last 75 words of 3155 total…lie; and, I think, being too strong for him, though he took up my legs sometime, yet I made a shift to cast him." This is a comical way of presenting the evil matter of drinking. I think it's an apt description of the consequences of drinking, even though it doesn't cover all consequences there is. The most important thing is that you get a pause from all the dark matters that are going on.