1. What are the witches planning at the beginning of the act?

At the beginning of the act they are talking about how they need to meet up with Macbeth, they don’t specify a reason but one can imagine they have some problem that they need to sort out with him. Then when they see Macbeth the witches start hailing him and calling him the Thane of Glamis and of Cawdor I believe this is foreshadowing events to come.

2. What happened to the original Thane of Cawdor and why did he lose his title?

During the battle with the Norwegians the original Thane of Cawdor lost his title by betraying his own people and switching to the opposing side. But in the end the people he betrayed ended up defeating the Norwegians.

3. What is the significance of Lady Macbeth's "unsex me" scene?

Lady Macbeth wants to have the same opportunity for power as a man does. So she is thrilled to find out that Macbeth is going to be thane of Cawdor because this means that she can use him to gain power and have Macbeth kill Duncan

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