In the play Macbeth the witches give Macbeth a lot of prophecies that have created a lot of tension throughout the play. “No man of woman born shall harm Macbeth” The language of the quotation is ambiguous as it has two separate meanings. The first meaning is what is in the quotation and the second meaning is that no man that was given birth by a woman can harm Macbeth but Macduff is an exception. He was ripped out of his mother’s womb so that means that he is able to harm Macbeth. The ambiguous language confuses Macbeth as at that time Macbeth does not know that you could be born by being ripped out of your mother’s womb.