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You seem to understand me 45 By each at once her choppy finger laying Upon her skinny lips. You should be women, And yet your beards forbid me to interpret That you are so. Banquo notices the witches they're kind of hard to miss and speaks to them, using some variety of "You're not from here, are you?

Remember, in Shakespeare's day, men played all the roles, so they wouldn't even have needed any stage make-up to pull this off. Macbeth tells them to speak, and they hail Macbeth first as Thane of Glamis, then Thane of Cawdor, and finally as future King. My noble partner You greet with present grace and great prediction Of noble having and of royal hope, That he seems rapt withal.

To me you speak not. The witches hail Banquo and give him three tidbits of information: he'll be both lesser and greater than Macbeth; he won't be too happy, but he'll be happier than Macbeth; and he'll be a father to kings, though he will not be a king himself. Tell me more. But how of Cawdor? The Thane of Cawdor lives 75 A prosperous gentleman, and to be king Stands not within the prospect of belief, No more than to be Cawdor. Say from whence You owe this strange intelligence or why Upon this blasted heath you stop our way 80 With such prophetic greeting.

Speak, I charge you. Macbeth finally finds his voice. He says he's already the Thane of Glamis but it's hard to imagine becoming Thane of Cawdor, especially because the current Thane of Cawdor is alive. He demands to know where the witches got their information, but, being witches, they don't respond. They just vanish into the foggy, filthy air.

Whither are they vanished? Would they had stayed! Or have we eaten on the insane root That takes the reason prisoner? Needless to say, Banquo and Macbeth are a little weirded out by the weird sisters sudden disappearance. Banquo suggests that maybe they're tripping on some strange herb. Conversation quickly moves on to the big news about their own fates, as promised by the witches.

Ross and Angus, two noblemen sent by Duncan the King , break up the party. Ross passes on that the King is pleased with Macbeth's battle successes of the day, and announces that the King would like to see him, and also that Macbeth is the new Thane of Cawdor. Why do you dress me In borrowed robes? It's true, Angus says. How one trust makes novel use of the iPads supplied to it by Sync. Contextual Home Pack — Art and Photography.

He is with Macbeth when they encounter the Weird Sisters after a battle, and hears them prophecise that Macbeth will be King. Act 1, Scene 3, lines He seems to react nervously to the suggestion he could become King. Or have we eaten on the insane root that takes the reason prisoner? Act 1, Scene 3, line To the Jacobeans, a witch was someone who had sworn an allegiance to Satan, so his response would resonate with the contemporary audience.

In the brief, closeted conversation that Macbeth and Banquo have after the revelation that he is to be Thane of Cawdor, Banquo warns Macbeth about listening to the Weird Sisters. He explains that those in league with the devil may tell a small truth to lure a listener in, before leading them to graver consequences.

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