using imperatives "look" n "be" reveals LM transgressive authority and dominance
LM is active immoral corrupt
"innocent flower" = morality purit feminity = emphasise the facade that LM wants M to wear
"serpent under it" = used to express malevolent blasphemous and regicidal person that she wants M to "be"
"serpent" = devil in Original Sin = evil that she believes lies "under" the surface