The witches are the first thing we see on stage. What do they say? "When shall we three meet again? In thunder, lightning and in rain?" They are used to meeting in bad weather apparently. "When the hurly-burly's done. When the battle's lost and won." Aha! there's a battle going on. "That will be ere the set of sun." And the battle's going on RIGHT NOW. "Where the place?" "Upon the heath." OK, that's where they are going to meet after the battle later today. "There to meet with Macbeth." They are going to meet someone called Macbeth. We guessed there might be someone of this name in the play since that's the title. Then we find out that they have familiar spirits called Greymalkin and Paddock and they chant "Fair is foul and foul is fair. Hover through the fog and filthy air." Yes, we know that the weather is terrible. And that's Act I Scene 1
Lady Macbeth is duplicitous Macbeth is two-faced towards Duncan The witches seem to be giving simple info to Macbeth, but are the really preparing him for his downfall?
MacBeth meets the three witches with lady MacBeth
Macbeth.
The witches only gave Macbeth prophecies. It was his decision to do so after Lady Macbeth persuaded him. Although the witches' intentions was probably to cause this murder, the witches did not make Macbeth muder Duncan.
No, the witches are proclaiming and predicting that Macbeth will be king and they are praising Macbeth.
When the witches make an appearance in Macbeth, there is an atmosphere of darkness, mystery, and supernatural elements. Their presence signals disruption in the natural order and foreshadows chaos and deception in the play. The witches bring an eerie and foreboding feeling to the scenes they are in.
In the play Macbeth, the witches are described as having beards, which was an unusual and unsettling characteristic as women traditionally did not have beards. This physical appearance added to the supernatural and eerie atmosphere surrounding the witches.
Lady Macbeth is duplicitous Macbeth is two-faced towards Duncan The witches seem to be giving simple info to Macbeth, but are the really preparing him for his downfall?
The appearance of the three witches who predict Macbeth's rise to power and downfall. The ghost of Banquo appearing at the banquet. Lady Macbeth's sleepwalking and hallucinations after being consumed by guilt.
The witches in Macbeth refer to themselves as the "weird sisters."
MacBeth meets the three witches with lady MacBeth
Macbeth.
The witches only gave Macbeth prophecies. It was his decision to do so after Lady Macbeth persuaded him. Although the witches' intentions was probably to cause this murder, the witches did not make Macbeth muder Duncan.
Macbeth did not like what the witches had told him.
No, the witches are proclaiming and predicting that Macbeth will be king and they are praising Macbeth.
Macbeth does.
Lady Macbeth echoes the words of the witches when she says "All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter!". This echoes the witches' prophecy that Macbeth will become king.