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Which of the following is not a prophecy of the witches in the Shakespeare's Macbeth?

In Act I, Scene 3 of 'Macbeth', the Weird Sisters hail Macbeth as Thane of Glamis, Thane of Cawdor, and 'king hereafter', and tell Banquo he shall be 'Lesser than Macbeth,…

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Which of the following is not a prophecy of the witches in the Shakespeare's Macbeth?

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In Act I, Scene 3 of 'Macbeth', the Weird Sisters hail Macbeth as Thane of Glamis, Thane of Cawdor, and 'king hereafter', and tell Banquo he shall be 'Lesser than Macbeth, and greater' and 'Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none'. They never prophesy that 'Macbeth shall murder the king'.

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