Scenes in this act
- Scene I The Cauldron and the Three Apparitions
In a cave in the marsh, the Witches sing around a boiling cauldron and throw in ingredients such as toad, snake's fillet, eye of newt, wolf's tooth, and baboon's blood.
- Scene II Macduff's House Is Massacred
At the castle of Fife, Lady Macduff accuses her husband of cowardice for fleeing, and Ross tries to defend him before leaving.
- Scene III Malcolm Tests Macduff
In England, before the royal palace, Malcolm proposes to mourn Scotland, and Macduff prefers to take up arms, because the homeland suffers more each day.
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