Why did Shakespeare write Macbeth?

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king james 1st

people believed in witches

gun powder plot

ambition to write a tragdy

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Some view the play as a homage to King James I, who was reputed to be the descendant of Banquo whose son, Fleance, eventually ascends to the throne following the execution of the treacherous Macbeth.

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