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Macbeth - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Three witches meet in the middle of a storm.
      - They speak in riddles and rhymes, using strange language such as "hurly-burly" (line 3).
      - They are preparing to entice Macbeth 'upon the heath' (line 6).
      - A sense of foreboding is created by their choral lines that set up the theme of deception where 'Fair is foul, and foul is fair' (line 9).
    - - It immediately grabs our attention with its dramatic nonrealism.
      - It raise ours sense of curiosity and expectancy.
      - It establishes the important of supernatural powers in the play.
    - - The opening scene of the play is brief, but effective in crating a nonminors atmosphere. The stage diction ask for 'Thunder and lightning' and this weather disturbance reflects the evil, disruptive nature of the witches. Shakespeare heightens this atmosphere by starting the scene with a question 'When shall we three meet again?' (line 1). this implies that the witches have prior experience of casting malevolent spells . The air is 'filthy' (line 12) and this also suggest dark deeds are about to happen - the audiences' imagination is captured.