5) to provide a hint to the audience about what will happen later in the play
The answer is tells because the other answers are not neutral.
These two lines reflect the theme that men must never go against fate:
1. "I don't know what the first two was, but the third was for death. that's how i got the paw"
2. He wanted to show that fate ruled people's lives, and that those who interfered with it did so to their sorrow. He put a spell on it so that three separate men could each have three wishes from it."
Explanation: The actual lesson that Fakir wanted to teach is that fate ruled people's lives.
Lady Macbeth had given the signal of a bell ring to ensure Macbeth knew it was clear to finish the actions that were to take place.
