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Lady Macbeth Milk Gall Violation Sexual/Natural Order Poison

Text 'Take my milk for gall'
violation of sexual/natural order
Is the poison already there? Is she already evil
Is she the fourth witch
Need for support: she cannot do this by herself
An undertone of self-doubt in her soliloquy
Lady Macbeth could not have breastfed: could have been shocking to have done so - did she actually or is this rhetorical
Lady Macbeth as puppet master (modern reading): Victorians attempted to need her as only a supportive wife)
Lady Macbeth's madness = proof of her guilt?

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