15+ Macbeth Witches Quotes Act 1 Scene 1. Banquo asks macbeth why he seems to fear this good news, then questions the witches about his own future. Three haggard old women, the witches, appear out of the storm. Act 1 scene 3the witches greet macbeth with three prophecies predicting he will gain great titles. Read a translation of act 1, scene 1 → summary: Lady macbeth, scene 1 "till birnam wood remove to dunsinane, i cannot taint with fear." macbeth, scene 3 "this push will cheer me ever, or disseat me now. Enter three witches first witch when shall we three meet again in thunder, lightning, or in rain? Read every line of shakespeare's original text alongside a modern english translation. Thunder and lightning crash above a scottish moor. This page contains the original text of act 1, scene 1 of macbeth.shakespeare's complete original macbeth text is extremely long, so we've split the text into one scene per page. The witches hail macbeth as thane of glamis, thane of cawdor, and king hereafter (1.3.47).
