#MacbethActOneScOne
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FIRST WITCH: Where the place?
SECOND WITCH: Upon the heath.
THIRD WITCH: There to meet with Macbeth.

The metrical hiccup before "Macbeth" announces the play& #39;s title character. The line is missing a syllable from the witches& #39; trochaic tetrameter.

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There& #39;s a classic Shakespearean technique of having *other* characters discuss the play& #39;s hero before they arrive: Othello, R&J have notable examples. (In Hamlet they discuss Old Hamlet not Young Hamlet, significant in itself).

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Here, the witches& #39; proclamation of Macbeth& #39;s name precedes the report of Macbeth& #39;s heroism that comes in 1.2.

It& #39;s as if M is pre-cursed by the witches. They get to him first. Already, Macbeth is heading to a collision with a higher power than even Duncan.

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