Macbeth
Act 1 Scene 1
What is the tone of the speakers?
What is the tone of the speakers?
On a heath in Scotland, three witches, the Weird Sisters, wait to meet Macbeth amidst thunder and lightning. Their conversation is filled with paradox and equivocation: they say that they will meet Macbeth "when the battle's lost and won" and when "fair is foul and foul is fair". Their tone is ominous and dark with a sense of witch-like playfulness.