act 2 , scene 2

"Owl that shrieked"

evil and sinister behaviour

"I have drugged their possets"

Lady Macbeth is in control

"I laid their daggers ready; "

She is architect of the murder

shows that she is in control

"Had he not resembled my father as he slept"

lady Macbeth would of killed him but he looked to much to like her father

or as she says

"Infirm of purpose"

lady Macbeth attacking Macbeths character

unfit to carry out his duty

"The sleeping and the dead are but as pictures; 'tis the eye of childhood that fears a painted devil"

metaphor : lady Macbeth is harsh

lady Macbeth attacks Macbeth masculinity patronising

comparing Macbeth to a child and saying that he shouldn't be scared

"my hands are of your colour, but i shame to wear a heart so white"

metaphor emasculating Macbeth = coward