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" Live you ? or are you aught That man may question ? You seem to understand me, By each at once her choppy finger laying Upon her skinny lips. — You should be women, And yet your beards forbid me to interpret That you are so. "
Macbeth, from the text of S. Johnson and G. Steevens, revised - Page 6
by William Shakespeare - 1784
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Winter's tale. Comedy of errors. Macbeth. King John. Richard II. Henry IV, pt. 1

William Shakespeare - 1836 - 570 pages
...not like the inhabitants o' the earth, And yet are on't ? Live you ? or are you aught That man may question ? You seem to understand me, By each at once...your beards forbid me to interpret That you are so. Macb. Speak, if you can ; — what are you ? 1 Witch. All hail, Macbeth ! hail to thee, thane of Glamis...
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Select plays from Shakspeare; adapted for the use of schools and young ...

William Shakespeare - 1836 - 624 pages
...not like the inhabitants o' th' earth, And yet are on't ? Live you ? or are you aught That man may question ? You seem to understand me, By each at once...your beards forbid me to interpret That you are so. Macb. Speak, if you can : — What are you ? 1 Witch. All hail, Macbeth ! hail to thee, thane of Glamis...
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The Dramatic Works and Poems of William Shakespeare, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1836 - 570 pages
...earth, And yet are on't ? Live you ? or are you aught That man may question 1 You seem to understand mo, sinnnc. Within the Cattle. Entor, uxth Drums a*d Colours,...Soldiers. Maco. Hang out our banners on the outward Macb. Speak, if you can ; — What are you ? 1 Witch. All hail, Macbeth ! hail to thee, thane of Glamis...
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Challenges to Authority

Peter Elmer - 2000 - 454 pages
...look not like th'inhabitants o' th'earth, And yet are on't? Live you? or are you aught That man may question? You seem to understand me, By each at once...your beards forbid me to interpret That you are so. (1.3.39-47) These witches are related to ordinary women - 'You should be women' - yet every detail...
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Great Scenes from Shakespeare's Plays

John Green, Paul Negri - 2000 - 68 pages
...look not like th' inhabitants o' th' earth, And yet are on 't? Live you? or are you aught That man may question? You seem to understand me, By each at once...should be women, And yet your beards forbid me to internet That you are so. MACBETH. Speak, if you can: what are you? FIRST WITCH. All hail, Macbeth!...
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Force of Imagination: The Sense of the Elemental

John Sallis - 2000 - 262 pages
...pointedly in the visages of the witches, concentrates it to the point of eroding their sexual identity: You should be women, And yet your beards forbid me to interpret That you are so. (I.iii.45-47) After the witches vanish, Banquo and Macbeth continue their flagrant coupling of oppositions;...
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Macbeth and the Rebels' Plot

John O'Connor - 2001 - 112 pages
...look not like th'inhabitants o'th'earth, And yet are on't? Live you? Or are you aught That man may question? You seem to understand me, By each at once...your beards forbid me to interpret That you are so. BURBAGE/MACB. Speak, if you can: what are you? PHILLIPS/1ST w. All hail, Macbeth! hail to thee, thane...
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Orson Welles on Shakespeare: The W.P.A. and Mercury Theatre Playscripts

Orson Welles - 2001 - 342 pages
...like th' inhabitants o' th' earth And yet are on't? (Thunder up and down.) BANQUO (to the Witches) You should be women, And yet your beards forbid me to interpret That you are so. (Pause. Thunder up and out.) MACBETH Speak, if you can. What are you? FIRST WITCH All hail. Macbeth!...
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One Thousand Beards: A Cultural History of Facial Hair

Allan Peterkin - 2001 - 236 pages
...discovered.) In Shakespeare's Macbeth, Banquo comes across the Bubble-Toil-Trouble set of witches and utters, "You should be women and yet your beards forbid me to interpret that you are so." Royal patronage was occasionally proffered to a bearded woman — the furry Helena Antonia was beloved...
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Symplectic Geometry and Mirror Symmetry: Proceedings of the 4th KIAS Annual ...

Kodŭng Kwahagwŏn (Korea). International Conference, Kenji Fukaya - 2001 - 940 pages
...more revealing way: through her disordered sexuality. Much as Banquo observes to the wither'd hags, "you should be women, / And yet your beards forbid me to interpret / That you are so" (1.3.45-7), likewise Lady Macbeth does not seem purely female. One can begin with her fervent praying...
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