Theme Of Control In Macbeth

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Not only does she have ambition, she also has an extensive amount of control. We first see her sense of control when she manipulates Macbeth into killing Duncan. It is Lady Macbeth who creates the master plan to become in power. Her manipulative ways show when she tells Macbeth to “Look like thy innocent flower, But be the serpent under’t”. (1.5.56-57) Here she is comparing Macbeth to a flower. Flowers are beautiful, innocent and honourable plants. However, she wants him to not be the flower but the deadly serpent that lies beneath it. Back around the time period this play was written, snakes were seen as satan and they would influence Adam & eve to eat the forbidden fruit. Shakespeare referenced a snake as they are forbidden