Macbeth's Three Witches

"Fair is foul, and foul is fair." Thus begins, in Act I, Scene 1 of Shakespeare's Scottish play, the Three Witches' dark, chaotic interaction with Macbeth, whom they prophesy will become King. Their often contradictory predictions form the foundation of one of the Bard's most downbeat tales. Turns out those ladies were nothing but "toil and trouble."

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