In Shakespeare's Macbeth, the main character (Macbeth) receives a prediction about his future in act I, scene 3. Describe this prediction.

At
the beginning of act 1, scene 3 of , the "Weird Sisters" (the
three witches) are gathering to meet , which is something they arranged in the first scene of
the play:

FIRST WITCH: When shall we three meet
again?
In thunder, lightning, or in rain?

SECOND WITCH: When the
hurlyburly's done;
When the battle's lost and won.

THIRD WITCH: That
will be ere the set of sun.

FIRST WITCH: Where the place?

SECOND WITCH: Upon the heath.

THIRD WITCH: There to meet with
Macbeth. (1.1.1€“8)

are already "on the heath"
in scene 3 when Macbeth andshow up. The witches have been standing around talking, basically
killing time until Macbeth shows up, and one witch shows the others a thumb that she got from a
sailor who lost it in a shipwreck; they all seem pretty excited about the sailor's
thumb.

When Macbeth and Banquo arrive, they're a little taken aback when they
see the witches.

BANQUO: . . . What are these
So
wither'd, and so wild in their attire,
That look not like the inhabitants
o'...