Macbeth

Macbeth

What is the "technicality" that gives Macduff the power to defeat Macbeth, in spite of the prophecy that no man of woman born could ever hurt him?

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Macduff was born by having been ripped out of his mother's womb. This type of birth was considered to be not a natural birth and hence he was not considered "born of woman".

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