Macbeth was gender fluid, claims academic

By Steve Bird

 

All the main characters in Macbeth were gender-fluid, an academic has claimed.

Ruth Fernando, an English lecturer, claims William Shakespeare used the treacherous warrior king Macbeth and his scheming wife Lady Macbeth to “disrupt and contrast the conventional ideas of masculinity and femininity, examining them in the form of androgyny”.

Ms Fernando also claims the three witches – described as the “Weird Sisters” in the Scottish play – may actually have identified as male because they had beards.

The assistant lecturer at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura in Sri Lanka, has published a paper called Man, Woman Or Both? Shakespeare’s Treatment of Androgyny and Lady Macbeth’s Disempowerment…

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