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Why is it strange that Lady Macbeth says she would be ashamed of being pure
and innocent?

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In Macbeth by William Shakespeare, Lady Macbeth advises her husband to "look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under it." By this, she means that he should appear to be innocent to belie his devious and murderous plans.

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