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Act One: Scene three - Coggle Diagram
Act One: Scene three
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Themes
Power - the witches have supernatural powers, as well as power over other people, who they can manipulate
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Duty and honour / manhood, genders and their stereotypes - witches don't conform to any gender stereotypes and Banquo can't identify their sex, Macbeth's first thought when he learns he is to become king is of Duncan's safety before he is corrupted by his obsessive ambition
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Language techniques
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Rhetorical question- "And thane of Cawdor too: went it not so?"- this suggests Macbeth is still trying to comprehend what the witches said.
Dramatic techniques
Foreshadowing- The witches prophecies and Macbeth's reaction to them foreshadow the events of the rest of the play.