Question

Whose predictions prompt the Macbeth to murder Duncan?

• A. Lady Macbeth's
• B. Banquo's
• C. Three Witches'
• D. Duncan's

Answer 1

Answer:

C. Three Witches'

The Three Witches

• Three "black and midnight hags" who plot mischief against Macbeth using charms, spells, and prophecies.

• Their predictions prompt him to murder Duncan, to order the deaths of Banquo and his son, and to blindly believe in his own immortality.

• The play leaves the witches' true identity unclear aside from the fact that they are servants of Hecate, we know little about their place in the cosmos.