act 2 , scene 2

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"Owl that shrieked"

evil and sinister behaviour

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"I have drugged their possets"

Lady Macbeth is in control

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"I laid their daggers ready; "

She is architect of the murder

She is in control

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"Had he not resembled my father as he slept"

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

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"Infirm of purpose"

lady Macbeth attacking Macbeths character

Unfit to carry out his duties

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"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

She is comparing Macbeth to a child and saying that he shouldn’t be as scared

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

metaphor emasculating Macbeth = coward