WILL GIVE BRAINLIEST What is the effect of beginning the play with the witches?
Whom are the witches going to meet, and when?
1.2

What do we learn about and from the "bloody Captain”?
Who is Macdonwald and what has he done? What has been done to him and by whom?
What do we learn from Ross and Angus?
Who was the traitor in this different revolt? What does King Duncan say about the traitor and about his title?
1.3

How do the witches prepare for Macbeth's arrival, and what do they say?
What do the witches look like?
What do they tell Macbeth?
What does Banquo ask the witches and what do they tell him?
What do we know that Macbeth doesn't know in 1.3.68-76?
How does Banquo explain the witches?
What does Macbeth learn from Ross and Angus?
How is Macbeth reacting to what the witches have said and to what Ross and Angus have said? What is he beginning to think about?
How does Macbeth explain his behavior?
How much of his thought does he plan to share with Banquo (1.3.152-154)?
1.4

How did Cawdor die? How does the King respond?
How does the King greet Macbeth and Banquo?
What announcement does the King make? (Note: Prince of Cumberland is the title of the Scottish heir apparent, like Prince of Wales for the English.)
Where does the King intend to go?
How does Macbeth react in his aside to the King's announcement of his heir? What is going on in Macbeth's mind?
1.5

Has Macbeth reported accurately to his wife?
How does she respond?
How does Lady Macbeth respond to the news that the King is coming? What does she intend to do? What does she have to do to herself to let that happen?
Who is in charge when Macbeth arrives?
Has Lady Macbeth decided what to do? Has Macbeth? What does she tell him to do, and what will she herself do?
1.6

How honest is Lady Macbeth's welcome?
1.7

How ready is Macbeth to kill the King? What is he worried about?
What special rules of hospitality is Macbeth violating?
What motivation does Macbeth attribute to himself (lines 25-28)?
Who is the stronger person in this scene, Macbeth or Lady Macbeth? Explain.