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Which predictions for Macbeth and banquo come true first?
None of the predictions made to Banquo come true in the course of the play. The first prediction which comes true is that Macbeth will become king (He is already Thane of Cawdor when they meet the witches, so that is not a prediction.)
How does banquo's reaction to the witches differ from Macbeth?
The witches address Macbeth first, and so Banquo says "But what about meeee? Tell meeee a prophecy." And so they do, but it is a prophecy which will not take place in Banquo's lifetime. He will not be around to see any of his descendants crowned. So he doesn't care much about it. Macbeth's prediction, on the other hand, will have to come true in his lifetime or not at all. Macbeth is naturally more caught up in the possibility the prophecy raises.
How does Macbeths encounter with the witches show hat the play will probably be a tragedy?
It doesn't. On the contrary, if you didn't already know from the title of the play, (The Tragedie of Macbeth, as it's called in the First Folio), you would think from what the witches said that everything will be going great for Macbeth: he's Thane of Glamis, he is going to become Thane of Cawdor, and he will eventually become King. Who could complain about that?
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my prediction about the bowling ball falling first was true.
Do blood witches need to breath?
First there are no such things as blood witches. Second yes witches do have to breath we are human.
What was Punxsutawney Phil's first prediction for the weather in 2016?
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Did Macbeth know the witches were witches at first?
No, because the witches were only watching him Macbeth never noticed them until the meet with him and then they vanish that when they realize that they are witches and their future telling are correct.
How many of the witches first three predictions come true explain?
It depends, I suppose, what you count as a prediction. Calling Macbeth Thane of Glamis was no prediction; he had inherited the title from his father. Calling him Thane of Cawdor wasn't a prediction either; the king had already given Macbeth the title, even though Macbeth didn't know it, not having been at the battle in Fife where the former Thane showed his treachery. Calling him king hereafter was a prediction, and true as the play shows. Saying that Banquo's descendants will become kings is a prediction and also true, since he was supposed to be the ancestor of King James. Telling Macbeth to beware Macduff was a warning not a prediction. The prediction that no man of woman born could harm him was true enough provided you use the somewhat cockeyed definition of "born" which excludes Caesarian births.
What do the three witches predict will happen to mecbeth?
That he would be king hereafter. That one was clear. That he would be Thane of Glamis? Not really a prediction, since that had happened in the past and Macbeth knew about it. That he would be Thane of Cawdor? Also not really a prediction, since the King had already named him Thane of Cawdor, which the witches knew but Macbeth didn't. The only thing the witches say in Act I that is about the future is that he will become king. Well, what about Act IV then? You might argue that the predictions in Act IV don't really come from the witches but rather from "their masters", whatever that is supposed to mean. But leaving that aside, the first thing said is "Beware Macduff!". Well, that is no prediction, just a warning. The other two things which are said are both predictions: that Macbeth will not be killed by a man of woman born, and that he will not be defeated until Birnam Wood comes to Dunsinane. These two, and the one about becoming king, are the three predictions made to Macbeth.
What would be the reaction of the Jacobean audience when faced with the witches in Macbeth?
Although the people of that era believed in witches, the witches in Macbeth were very probably not portrayed as frightening. The very silly scenes involving songs and the headwitch Hecate (which were likely not written by Shakespeare, but were written also in the Jacobean Era) make the witches sillier than the fairies in Midsummer Night's Dream, and although these scenes are never played nowadays, there is every reason to think that this was actually how the witches were played at first. This may have been the only way to get them onstage in a time when people would have been genuinely frightened of representations of real witches.
