Question

Read the following quote and then infer what is happening. FIRST WITCH: Round about the cauldron go;

In the poison'd entrails throw.
Toad, that under cold stone
Days and nights has thirty-one
Swelter'd venom sleeping got,
Boil thou first i' the charmed pot.

The witches are making a spell.
The witches are making a stew for dinner.
The witches do not have very good ingredients.
The witches are making a spell for Hecate.

Answer 1

They are creating illusions for the Scottish king to bare witness. They show these images to help him a develop a false sense of security and confidence.