Sc. 1, Lines 1–21: Describe the mood that is established in the scene description and stage direction at the beginning of Scene 1. What elements help to create that mood? What tone might readers expect in the dialogue that follows? How does the stage dir

The Elizabethan's loved a good scary scene. For them that meant witches, thunder, rain....The mood established is ominous and evil. The witches talk about spells and dark things best not mentioned in polite Elizabethan company. The audience knows that no good can come from this. The tragic irony is set up in this scene; Macbeth is the "something wicked this way comes", even if he does not know it yet!

Sc. 1, lines 1-21: whatcis repeated in the witches' dialogue? What point or idea does the repetition express?