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First Witch

When shall we three meet again?

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First Witch
When shall we three meet again?
In thunder, lightning, or in rain?
Second Witch
When the hurly-burly’s done,
When the battle’s lost and won.Anaphora & Anapodoton

Fair is foul, and foul is fair

Third Witch
That will be ere the set of sun.
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So foul and fair a day I have not seen.

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Macbeth
So foul and fair a day I have not seen.
Banquo
How far is ’t called to Forres?—What are these,
So withered, and so wild in their attire,
That look not like th’ inhabitants o’ th’ Earth
And yet are on ’t?—Live you? Or are you aught
That man may question? You seem to understand me
By each at once her choppy finger laying
Upon her skinny lips.
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Act 1
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Macbeth! Macbeth! Macbeth! Beware Macduff!

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First Apparition
Macbeth! Macbeth! Macbeth! Beware Macduff!
Beware the Thane of Fife! Dismiss me. Enough.
  He descends.
Macbeth
Whate’er thou art, for thy good caution, thanks.
Thou hast harped my fear aright. But one word more—
First Witch
He will not be commanded. Here’s another
More potent than the first.
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Act 4
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