Macbeth: I bear a charmed life that must not yield
To one of woman born.
Macduff: Despair thy charm
And let the angel whom thou still hast served
Tell thee Macduff was from his mother's womb
Untimely ripped.
And so, because Macduff was born of a caesarean birth, very dubiously this is meant to imply he was not of a woman born, and so Macduff then kills Macbeth. My modern take on this episode though is as follows:
To one of woman born.
Macduff: Despair thy charm
And let the angel whom thou still hast served
Tell thee Macduff’s birthing person was
A man!
And then Macduff, having been not of a woman born but instead birthed by a man, slays Macbeth whose complacent failure to be progressively aware can genuinely be said to cost him his life.

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