Question

What exactly does this mean?

"good wombs have borne bad sons."
- William Shakespeare, The Tempest, 1.2

Answer 1

Good people have given birth to bad people.

Answer 2

Oh, wow... Thanks, English is not my best subject.

Answer 3

However, is the word borne just an old style?

Answer 4

Borne is basically an older way of saying "can give birth to." The bigger picture in this case is that even evil can emerge from goodness.

Answer 5

No problem. :)