Macbeth 5

The paradox regarding Macbeth's fate, as foretold by the witches, especially struck me in Act 5. During the battle, he is of course fearless as he knows he cannot be harmed and therefore slays many soldiers including Siward's son. This brings up an interesting question however: what if, for whatever reason, Macbeth surrendered himself to one of the soldiers on the battlefield that was "of woman born"? Would they find themselves unable to kill him or would the soldier he chose to surrender himself to be coincidentally birthed via C-section like Macduff? This paradox is very intriguing to me because of how involved with the fate of all the characters the witches were. Lady Macbeth also kills herself in this Act, which is frustrating because most of the issues befalling Scotland and Macbeth were created because of here in a way and when the going got tough, she couldn't hang. She wasn't even the one who killed the king! In the end, it turns out that Lady Macbeth was more talk than anything and could indirectly dish out but was unable to receive any resistance.

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