Monday, June 3, 2013

Riddle #2: "Be bloody, bold, and resolute; laugh to scorn The power of man, for none of woman born Shall harm Macbeth.” (IV.i.79-81)


I believe that this riddle is telling the reader that no male child that is born by a woman truly has the blood in him to have what it takes to be a brave, noble and fearless man when saying, "none of woman born Shall harm Macbeth."I think this riddle is trying to say that woman born children that are delivered are cared for too much and that's what makes them soft and too kindhearted. The only way for this riddle to make sense is if the baby was not delivered through the mothers vagina and only if it was born in another form such as a caesarean section. If Macduff is able to kill Macbeth it must be that he was not born naturally from his mother, it had to take some effort and skill to bring Macduff to life giving him the title of a true man, brought into life through a challenge. If this is the correct answer to the riddle then I believe that the first riddle warning Macduff to beware of Macbeth is correct as well because then it is very possible that Macduff has the manly strength to be able to kill Macbeth and take him down from the throne. 

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