Act 1, Scene 1. On a heath in Scotland, three witches, the Weird Sisters, wait to meet Macbeth amidst thunder and lightning. Their conversation is filled with paradox and equivocation: they say that they will meet Macbeth “when the battle’s lost and won” and when “fair is foul and foul is fair

Macbeth Act 2, Scene 1 Summary. Banquo and his son, Fleance, are at Macbeth’s inner court at Glamis. They’re both feeling a little twitchy. … Just in time, too, because things are about to get real: Macbethhas a vision of a dagger that points him toward the room where Duncan sleeps.