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'Look like th'innocent flower but be the serpent under it'

biblical allusion to the garden of eden - referring to LM as the serpent who tempts Macbeth into committing immoral deeds. Hell.
Metaphorical imagery - LM's ambition transpires into evil.
After pleading the spirits to make her have masculine qualities, she now feels like a man and here she emasculates M and sees his feminine qualities.

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unsex me here, and fill me from the crown to the toe top-full of direst cruelty!"

soliloquy is a metaphor. It symbolizes her desire to be freed from the perceived limitations of femininity and to embrace the strength and ruthlessness she believes are necessary to achieve her ambitions

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"But screw your courage to the sticking-place, and we will not fail."

emphasizes her unwavering determination and willingness to push Macbeth to act, even if it means resorting to violence

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"Glamis, thou art; and Cawdor; and shalt be. What thou art promised."

This shows her immediate belief in the prophecy and her determination to see Macbeth become king, driven by her own desires for power