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Lady Macbeth's Connotation Of The Serpent In Macbeth

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Shakespeare continues to present Lady Macbeth as a powerful woman through the theme of duality. Lady Macbeth tells Macbeth to “act like the innocent flower but be the serpent under it”. ‘Serpent’ has connotations of evil and deadly suggesting that in order for Lady Macbeth to become queen her and Macbeth must have the intentions of a serpent whilst also acting innocent towards Duncan. The serpent may also have biblical references to the serpent in Adam and Eve which caused betraying G-d which may foreshadow Macbeth disturbing the natural order created by G-d- the audience of the time would know that betraying G-d leads to chaos from disturbing the natural order. Lady Macbeth’s power over Macbeth becomes visible when Macbeth says, “false face

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