Act 1 Scene 1 of Macbeth introduces the play's setting and the main characters.
The play opens with three old HAGGARD women,witches meeting in a thunder and lightning storm. They plan to meet Macbeth that evening,"when the battle is lost and won," at "sunset."
Set in the Scottish wilderness where thunder and lightning create a gloomy and eerie atmosphere.
Macbeth begins in an "open place" with no landmarks or buildings, and introduces
the three "strange sisters" as they later called themselves. The Old English
word 'wyrd' or 'strange' means 'fate', and that's exactly where these witches came from.
They are the destinies of classical mythology, one of which spun the thread of a
person's life, one of which measured it, and one of whom achieved it. The stark scenes
dramatically depict both the Scottish wilderness in which the play is set and the more
universal wilderness of human existence.
Her three witches, also known as the Strange Sisters, emerge from the storm, speaking paradoxical and vague language. When the battle is over, I plan to meet the main character, Macbeth. They also allude to the issue of appearance and reality by saying "fairness is foul play and foul play is fair".
A witch's speech is written in short verses that rhyme to imitate casting spells. Their language is full of images of magic and chaotic weather: thunder, lightning, rain, fog, and "dirty air." The lines "When a battle is lost and when it is won" and "Fair is foul, foul is fair" are important because they point to a paradox that runs through the play. distinguish between truth and falsehood.
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