TIME: Unknown
PLACE: Open Area
CHARACTERS: Witch 1, Witch 2, Witch 3
At the very beginning of the play, three witches were huddled together planning on when next they would meet. They plan to meet when the next battle is either lost or won. Shakespeare uses iambic pentameter in his plays; So what makes this act unique is the fact that the witches don’t speak in the same metre, they speak in trochaic tetrameter, making them inhumane. That is how Shakespeare informs the audience inhumane characters.
QUOTE: “When the hurlyburly’s done, when the battle’s lost and won” Said by witch 2, it means they’ll meet when the next battle has concluded. No matter where or when it is.