i pretty much know what it means, but i wanna know the nuance, what the person tries to actually say. what the なる here does??
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This なる is fundamentally the same なる as in ~てはならない. For details, see Origin of ~なければ ならない
ものか is a rhetorical question version of ものだ.
- くたばってはならない。
I must not drop dead. - くたばってはなるものか。 = くたばってなるものか。
How should I drop dead?

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