FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
MACBETH
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Question
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‘On a mountain’
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‘Upon the heath’
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‘On the heath’
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‘Upon a hill’
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Detailed explanation-1: -Three witches meet Macbeth and Banquo on the heath (marshes) as the men return from battle. They predict that Macbeth will be named Thane of Cawdor and King of Scotland and that Banquo will be the father of kings.
Detailed explanation-2: -In a desolate place blasted by thunderstorms, Three Witches meet to predict the future. Macbeth begins in “an open place”-a place without any landmarks or buildings-with the appearance of the three “weird sisters, ” as they later call themselves.
Detailed explanation-3: -The play opens with three witches gathering amidst thunder and lightening. They plan to meet with Macbeth that evening, ‘when the battle’s lost and won’ at ‘the set of sun’.
Detailed explanation-4: -When are the witches planning to meet again and for what purpose ? At the heath during sunset after the battle is won, to meet with Macbeth to give him an idea of whats to come.
Detailed explanation-5: -Summary: Act 1, scene 1 Three haggard old women, the witches, appear out of the storm. In eerie, chanting tones, they make plans to meet again upon the heath, after the battle, to confront Macbeth. As quickly as they arrive, they disappear.