The witches hail him as "Thane of Glamis" (his present title), "Thane of Cawdor" (the title he will soon receive officially), and "king hereafter" (46-48). He arrives with Banquo, repeating the witches' paradoxical phrase by stating "So foul and fair a day I have not seen" (36). The Weird Sisters meet on the heath and wait for Macbeth. Duncan decides to execute the disloyal thane and give the title of Cawdor to Macbeth. The Thanes of Ross and Angus enter with the news that the Thane of Cawdor has sided with Norway. He also describes Macbeth's attack on the castle of the treacherous Macdonald, in which Macbeth triumphed and planted Macdonald’s head on the battlements of the castle. The captain informs them of Macbeth and Banquo's bravery in battle. Duncan, king of Scotland, meets a captain returning from battle. The Scottish army is at war with the Norwegian army. Their conversation is filled with paradox and equivocation: they say that they will meet Macbeth "when the battle's lost and won" and when "fair is foul and foul is fair" (10). On a heath in Scotland, three witches, the Weird Sisters, wait to meet Macbeth amidst thunder and lightning.
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