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Lady Macbeth's Interpretation
This interpretation of Lady Macbeth compares to all of the others because it sticks with her bossy and power hungry tone and feel for a character. In the video, she seems to talk down to Macbeth as if he Is weak and unable to do things. She tells him “look like the innocent flower, But be the serpent under't..” while holding him like a baby. She speaks in atone not as a comforting or affectionate but in more of a mocking matter. She then tell him “He that's coming Must be provided for: and you shall put This night's great business into my dispatch;” as if she is saying ‘I will take your work you are too weak to do it.’ This makes her seem as an empowered woman who wants to be the one highest of power and ranked. She looks out in front of Macbeth

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