The latter notices, on the night of the king's death, that the stars are not shining, meaning that the murder does occur in complete darkness: "There's husbandry in heaven;/ Their candles are all out" (II.i.4-5). ... Indeed, once Banquo meets them, he questions them on their humanity: "What are these,/ So withered and so wild in their atire/ That look not like th" inhabitants o" this earth/ And yet are on "t? ... Had the witches never spoken to Macbeth about his future, he and his wife never would have got into their heads the idea that Macbeth may one day be king, and thus would not...

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