Look like the innocent flower but be the serpent under it

• Look like the innocent flower but be the serpent under it

  • Lady Macbeth is well-versed in deception. She is a mistress in deception as she knows how to use her femininity to create sympathy to mislead people
  • She tells Macbeth to use his outward appearance to look like an innocent person but that to misguide people
  • Juxtaposition between flower and serpent to advise Macbeth to use deception to gain more power
• Look like the innocent flower but be the serpent under it - Themes and links

  • Links to themes of appearance and reality, Shakespeare is advising audience to not believe everything at face value - contrasts to Duncan
  • Shows that the untrusting characters in the play are the ones who survive
  • LB uses her femininity to influence Macbeth to defy the right of kings by killing Duncan