[PAR] [TLE] Duncan I of Scotland [SEP] Donnchad mac Crinain (Modern Gaelic: "Donnchadh mac Crìonain"; anglicised as Duncan I, and nicknamed An t-Ilgarach, "the Diseased" or "the Sick"; ca. 1001 – 14 August 1040) was king of Scotland ("Alba") from 1034 to 1040.  He is the historical basis of the "King Duncan" in Shakespeare's play "Macbeth". [PAR] [TLE] King Duncan [SEP] King Duncan is a fictional character in Shakespeare's "Macbeth."  He is the father of two youthful sons (Malcolm and Donalbain), and the victim of a well-plotted regicide in a power grab by his trusted captain Macbeth.  The origin of the character lies in a narrative of the historical Donnchad mac Crinain, King of Scots, in Raphael Holinshed's 1587 "The Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland," a history of Britain familiar to Shakespeare and his contemporaries.  Unlike Holinshed's incompetent King Duncan (who is credited in the narrative with a "feeble and slothful administration"), Shakespeare's King Duncan is crafted as a sensitive, insightful, and generous father-figure whose murder grieves Scotland and is accounted the cause of turmoil in the natural world.
[PAR] [TLE] Duncan I of Scotland [ SEP ] Donnchad mac Crinain ( Modern Gaelic : " Donnchadh mac Crìonain " ; anglicised as Duncan I , and nicknamed An t - Ilgarach , " the Diseased " or " the Sick " ; ca . 1001 – 14 August 1040 ) was king of Scotland ( " Alba " ) from 1034 to 1040 . He is the historical basis of the " King Duncan " in Shakespeare 's play " Macbeth " . [PAR] [TLE] King Duncan [ SEP ] King Duncan is a fictional character in Shakespeare 's " Macbeth . " He is the father of two youthful sons ( Malcolm and Donalbain ) , and the victim of a well - plotted regicide in a power grab by his trusted captain Macbeth . The origin of the character lies in a narrative of the historical Donnchad mac Crinain , King of Scots , in Raphael Holinshed 's 1587 " The Chronicles of England , Scotland , and Ireland , " a history of Britain familiar to Shakespeare and his contemporaries . Unlike Holinshed 's incompetent King Duncan ( who is credited in the narrative with a " feeble and slothful administration " ) , Shakespeare 's King Duncan is crafted as a sensitive , insightful , and generous father - figure whose murder grieves Scotland and is accounted the cause of turmoil in the natural world .
What are the two sons of the King featured in Shakespeare's Macbeth?
What are the two sons of the King featured in Shakespeare 's Macbeth ?
Malcolm and Donalbain
Malcolm and Donalbain