Sunday 18 May 2014

Riddle 2

In this picture, I have shown Macduff's mother giving birth to him through Caesarean Section. The witches claim that Macbeth can be as bold as he wants and can laugh at his enemies, because no one "of woman born" (IV.i.79-81) can harm him. This phrase is very misleading and fools Macbeth into thinking that he is invincible. However, the witches are malevolent and their words are shrouded with doubt. What their words are really conveying is that anyone who is born normally, that is, from their mother's womb is of woman born. Albeit, Macduff was not born like the norm and so he has the potential to harm Macbeth. In this case Macbeth fails to delve deeper into the riddle's meaning and is lost to his own desires. Due to his ignorance, Macbeth is tricked once again and his life is lost in the hands of these sinister witches. 
Many times, we are deceived into believing what we want to hear, like in Macbeth's case. However, more often than not, what we want to hear is not necessarily the truth. Thus, it is important that we are able to separate veracity from wishful thinking so that we can better protect ourselves and not find ourselves in Macbeth's situation. 

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