Zimbabwe: The Oracle - Has Grace Become Zim's Own Lady Macbeth?

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In Act 1, Scene 5 of one of William Shakespeare's best works, Macbeth, the soon-to-be First Lady of Scotland, Lady Macbeth -- a controversial and exceedingly ambitious character -- silently plots her way to the top.

She views her husband as too soft to deal with matters separating them from "greatness". He is "too full of the milk of human kindness". So she calls upon spirits of darkness to strengthen her to a point where they would "unsex me here" -- to strip her of womanhood and feminine weakness and transform her into a man with masculine resolve and a hard heart.

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