They are three "weird sisters" who hang around making potions and making predictions about the future. Their identity is totally created by their function in the play.
MacBeth meets the three witches with lady MacBeth
Hecate was angry at the three witches who were predicting the future of Macbeth
The witches in Macbeth refer to themselves as the "weird sisters."
No, the witches are proclaiming and predicting that Macbeth will be king and they are praising Macbeth.
Macbeth is told by three witches that he will one day be king. This prophecy ultimately leads Macbeth to contemplate committing regicide in order to fulfill the witches' prediction.
I think that Macbeth was at first not as "worried" about the witches and their curses as then on in the play he finds out that every thing that the witches has been tellin him are true.
Lennox.
The three witches.
Shakespeare's "Macbeth" .
Three witches
Banquo gets mad at the three witches.
In the beginning scene of Macbeth, three witches gather to discuss their future plans, including meeting Macbeth.