FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
MACBETH
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Question
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When the battle begins
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In the middle of the battle
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When the battle’s over
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They don’t plan to meet him
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -They agree to meet on the heath when the battle is over. There they will meet with Macbeth. Act 1 Scene 2 A wounded captain tells King Duncan about the bravery of Macbeth and Banquo in battle.
Detailed explanation-3: -Three witches agree to gather on the heath before sunset where they will meet a man called Macbeth. Duncan, the King of Scotland, asks an injured Captain how the battle against the allied powers of Norway and Ireland is progressing.
Detailed explanation-4: -In the play the witches, with their spells, plan the downfall of Macbeth. They cannot directly harm him themselves, so they tell Macbeth predictions for his possible future, in order to make him act on them. The witches tell Macbeth that he will become the thane of Cawdor and then king of Scotland.
Detailed explanation-5: -Macbeth is greatly reassured, but his confidence in the future is shaken when the witches show him a line of kings all in the image of Banquo.