Mac Beth Summary Act I
The scene opens with three witches entering an open plain. Thunder and lightning surround them, as the first witch asks of the other witches, "When shall we three meet again? In thunder, lightning, or in rain?" (lines 1-2). The second witch replies that they will meet "when the hurlyburly's done, when the battle's lost and won." (lines 3-4), and the third witch says that "that will be ere the set of the sun"(line 5). The witches proceed to discuss where they will meet, and decide that they will meet "upon the heath" (line 7). The third witch then prophesies that they will meet Macbeth there. They leave with one final chorus: "Fair is foul, and foul is fair / Hover through the fog and filthy air," symbolizing the inversion of the world.A Captain tells King Duncan and his son, Malcolm, about a battle that was fought against Macdonwald (a rebel). This battle quickly fulfills the first of many prophecies supplied by the witches. Macbeth, the title character, is first brought into the story as part of the Captain's report. Macbeth's character is greatly built up in this second scene by both the C
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Approximate Word count = 1868
Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page double spaced)
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