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  • If he is capable of arguing that the prophecies are neither evil nor good, he is capable of accepting that nothing that exists has any existence or meaning. This interpretation could open Macbeth to dangerous and unjustifiable deeds. If he can make himself believe that “Nothing is, but what is not,” then Macbeth’s respect for order, for hierarchy, for the King, is also nullified. He can, literally, get away with murder. At least that's how I understood it.
  • In the absence of something, you have nothing. In other words there can't be nothing without something.(that once was) Like when you belive in religion then lose that faith, you now believe in nothing.

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