The
____________________
of
Macbeth
(
commonly
called
Macbeth
)
____________________
a
____________________
by
____________________
Shakespeare
about
a
regicide
and
its
aftermath
.
It
is
Shakespeare's
shortest
tragedy
and
is
____________________
to
have
been
____________________
sometime
____________________
1603
____________________
1607
.
Shakespeare's
source
____________________
the
____________________
are
the
accounts
of
King
____________________
of
Scotland
,
Macduff
,
and
Duncan
in
Holinshed's
Chronicles
(
____________________
)
,
a
history
of
England
,
____________________
and
Ireland
familiar
to
Shakespeare
and
his
contemporaries
.
____________________
,
the
story
of
____________________
as
told
by
Shakespeare
bears
little
relation
to
____________________
events
____________________
Scottish
____________________
,
as
____________________
was
an
admired
and
able
____________________
.