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Lady Macbeth |
"Your hand, your tongue; look like th' innocent flower, But be the serpent under't" The use of the metaphor shows Lady Macbeth manipulating Macbeth and telling him to act innocent on the surface but betray King Duncan and kill him. The noun "serpent" religious imagery |
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Macbeth |
"Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward my hand?" The rhetorical question implies he is questioning his actions. It shows the theme of death, which is a main motif in the play (daggers, death are throughout the whole play). |
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Lady Macbeth |
"Come you spirits that tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here" Lady Macbeth is calling to the supernatural world. "Unsex me here" implies she wants the power of a man because in Shakespearian times women were seen as weak. |
