Quote on Gender #3

“You should be women,
 and yet your beards forbid me to interpret
 that you are so. “ – Banquo 

 Banquo says this quote in Act one, scene three. This quote shows Banquo’s confusion about the withes’ gender. Banquo is trying to say that the witches are too masculine to be women. There is definitely something about the witches that triggers a gender issue in Macbeth. The witches are also know as the “bearded ladies”; they appear very mysterious and when Banquo encounters them he can’t really tell what gender they are do to their masculinity and weirdness.I think what the quote means is that women don’t have beards, women aren’t masculine, and therefore Banquo cant call them women.An example hat could relate to this could be is when something or someone are supposed to be something that they are not or appearing and being the opposite of what you are supposed to be. Seeing a woman with a beard wouldn’t be normal and you’d think she’s the opposite of what she is; feminine. This is the same for Banquo and the witches. This quote I think this quote is a good, relatable example to the theme of gender because of Banquo trying to understand why the witches have beards if they are supposed to be women.