


That look not like th' inhabitants o' th' Earth,Īnd yet are on 't?-Live you? Or are you aught Even Banquo and Macbeth are unsure about the sisters' identity when they meet them on the heath: What we do know is that they've gathered amidst thunder and lightening and move about the fog and "filthy" air, which seems just as murky and mysterious as they are. When we encounter them in the play's opening scene, we're not sure where they've come from, who/what they are, or what they have in mind when they say they plan to meet Macbeth. And the question of the day is this: are they simply prophets? or do they actually set the play's events in motion? Enter Three Witches

Like Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen twins pre-2004, the three weird sisters never appear apart, and they're always talking over and with each other-so we're going to consider them as a single unit. (Click the character infographic to download.)
