![]() Ross with Angus enters the scene and declares that he has been made the Thane of Cawdor. It confuses both of them greatly and they discuss it with bewilderment. ![]() ![]() The first witch hails Macbeth as the Thane of Glamis, the second one hails him as the Thane of Cawdor while the third one predicts of him as the king.īanquo expresses his clear conscience and they hail him paradoxically as lesser and greater than Macbeth simultaneously. Banquo notices those three witches and unable to identify them adequately asks them. The first one shows a pilot’s thumb who was returning shipwrecked.Īfter a drum beats, together they sing and declare the arrival of Macbeth who is with Banquo. The three witches gather again at heath and brag of their recent achievements. The second one has been killing swine while the first one talks about a sailor’s wife who didn’t share chestnuts. The king sentences the Thane of Cawdor to imminent death and awards Macbeth with the same title because he led the Scottish army towards victory. The Thane of Ross enters to inform King Duncan regarding the Thane of Cawdor supporting Norwegian army. Scene 2Ī wounded sergeant who saved King Duncan’s son Malcolm from captivity reports of Macbeth and Banquo’s glorious bravery on the battlefield and how Macdonald, the traitor got killed by Macbeth. They discuss where to meet Macbeth with puzzling hints of the kind of time which is yet to come. The play begins with three witches addressing in a prophetic manner. ![]()
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