Chapter I
Act I
SCENE I. An open Place. Thunder and Lightning. Enter three Witches. FIRST WITCH. When shall we three meet again?
Macbeth: The Scottish Tragedy
Chapter I · Act I
SCENE I. An open Place.
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SCENE
I.
An
open
Place.
Thunder
and
Lightning.
Enter
three
Witches.
FIRST
WITCH.
When
shall
we
three
meet
again?
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
SCENE
I.
An
open
Place.
Line 2
Thunder
and
Lightning.
Line 3
Enter
three
Witches.
Line 4
FIRST
WITCH.
Line 5
When
shall
we
three
meet
again?
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
place
noun
US /pleɪs/
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading “SCENE I. An open Place.”
Collocations
SCENE IA source-grounded phrase from this reading.
I AnA source-grounded phrase from this reading.
All words in this reading · 18
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againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When shall we three meet again?
AndeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading SCENE I. An open Place.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Thunder and Lightning.
Enter
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From this reading Enter three Witches.
FIRSTnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading FIRST WITCH.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading SCENE I. An open Place.
Lightning
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From this reading Thunder and Lightning.
meet
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From this reading When shall we three meet again?
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading SCENE I. An open Place.
PlacenounUS /pleɪs/
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading SCENE I. An open Place.
SCENE
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From this reading SCENE I. An open Place.
shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading When shall we three meet again?
three
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From this reading Enter three Witches.
ThundernounUS /ˈthunder/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Thunder and Lightning.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading When shall we three meet again?
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When shall we three meet again?
WITCH
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From this reading FIRST WITCH.
Witches
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From this reading Enter three Witches.
Chapter Quiz
What is the central narrative or theme conveyed in this section of SCENE III. A heath.?
Which core linguistic virtue or character attribute is emphasized in this passage?
According to the text: "SCENE III....", what tone does the author establish?
Shadowing Practice
Narrator:
SCENE III.
Narrator:
The earth hath bubbles, as the water has,