Macbeth

Macbeth

1. The scene starts with the three witches speaking in rhyme and riddle 'fair is foul and foul is fair'

   • This acts as a key to future events, when Macbeth comments after their first prediction comes true.

2. The fact that Macbeth is know to the witches is ominous (warming sign)

3. The witches plan to meet Macbeth when the battle is over.

4. The witches strange physical appearance and riddles introduce 2 themes:

   • Equivocation
   • Supernatural

5. The witches hear a call from their spirit friends

   • First witch 'I come graymalkin!'
     • Calling to her cat
   • Second witch: 'paddock calls'
     • Her toad calls her.

6. The play starts with thunder and lightening above a Scottish moor that 3 witches appear out of.

7. The language is full of witchcraft and is written in a short rhyming verse that imitates the casting of a spell.