Question: What are the witches doing at the beginning of Act IV?

Answer: making poison and potion in cauldron

Question: What are some things that the witches put in the cauldron?

Answer: toad, swamp snake, newt’s eye, frog’s tongue, bat fur

Question: What phase do the witches repeat?

Answer: “Doble, double toil and trouble, fire burn, and cauldron bubble”

Question: What is the purpose of the cauldron?

Answer: to cause trouble and broth of hell

Question: What is Hecate’s response to the potion?

Answer: pleased with efforts

Question: How do they finish off the potions?

Answer: baboon blood

Question: How do they know Macbeth is coming?

Answer: Second witch feels something wicked

Question: How does Macbeth address the witches?

Answer: old hags

Question: What is the Macbeth’s purpose for seeing the witches?

Answer: has questions to have answered

Question: What do the witches do to answer Macbeth’s questions?

Answer: call on apparitions