Macbeth and Banquo are actually in Scotland for the entirety of the play, but they are fighting battles on two separate fronts when the play begins: the first, a rebellion led by the traitorous Macdonwald, and the second, the Norwegian invasion of Scotland. As Banquo and Macbeth make their way back to the king in Forres, they meet the Weird Sisters. They first hail Macbeth as the Thane of Glamis (his original title), then as the Thane of Cawdor (a title that Duncan, unbeknownst to Macbeth, has already awarded him for his valor), and finally as the future king. Then, when Banquo asks for information about his own future, the Sisters hail him as the father to a line of future kings, though he will never be king himself. Finally, Macbeth asks how the witches know this information, and then the Weird Sisters vanish into the air.
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