Banquo remarks that the `instruments of darkness`, referring to supernatural practices, `Win us with honest trifles,/To betray`s/In deepest consequence`, which is used by Shakespeare as a dramatic contrast to the reaction of Macbeth. However, in this scene Banquo is more sceptical about that the witches reveal to them, acting as a voice of reason and not succumbing to evil.
They reveal to Macbeth and Banquo that Macbeth shall be `Thane of Cawdor`, `Thane of Glamis` and `thou shalt be King hereafter`, which encourages Macbeth to ultimately commit to the course of evil in order to fulfill the witches` prophesies. Every time they enter a scene, there is the sound of thunder, which in Shakespearean England was believed to signal an omen of conflict within an individual or an entire country. The witches and the supernatural appear to have a prominent role in the 11th century setting of the play. The fact that they speak in trochaic tetrameter, for example `hand in hand`/`sea and land` stresses the fact that the witches are chanting and differentiates them from the way that Macbeth and Banquo speak.
Immediately they are distinguished from other characters in the play because they chant in unison, which presents to the audience a starkly unsettling atmosphere. Shakespeare presents the witches in Act 1 Scene 3 as otherworldly, threatening figures. Macbeth - How does Shakespeare present the witches in Act 1 Scene 3 of "Macbeth", as well as the play as a whole? AO4
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