Banquo is very direct with these witches with his confusion, as he bluntly states that he is confused by them because he is unsure on whether they are in fact women or men. The fact of these characters being witches foreshadows the idea of this play containing other "supernatural" things, which we the reader come across later on in the play. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth's relationship is a "different" kind of relationship. In the beginning, …showed first 75 words of 837 total…

…showed last 75 words of 837 total…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." (I, iii 40-49) you man?". This obviously would want to make three tough men, as these, want to take on such a task to prove to their king their manhood . . . and they do agree to it.