Macbeth Act 1 Scene 1

Summary:

Three witches are gathered in an open place in a thunder storm. They agreee to re-assemble on the moorland before the sunset to meet Macbeth. 

Analysis:

The opening of a play is particularly important in establishing a mood or atmosphere in which the main action of the play will be seen by the audience. The scene is set in 'an open place', a place removed from the ordianry buisness of men and the usual social rules. The weather is extravagant and hostile to men, the 'fog and filfthy air' suggesting darkness and unhealthiness. The converstation of thw witches is again removed from the interchange of ordinary men; the use…