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Why is macduff able to kill macbeth despite the witches prophecy?

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Well if you're talking about the part in the prophecy where it is said that Macbeth cannot be killed by any man born from a woman: Macduff said that he had to be cut out of his mother's body (aka C-section) so a woman hadn't technically given birth to Macduff, just forcibly removed.
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