Comparing Macbeth And The Laboratory
In both Macbeth and “The Laboratory” we have a very ambitious woman who is willing to resort to murder to accomplish her ends. Both women are not afriad to kill, both use a lot of descriptive language, and both are planners.
The main similarity between the two of them is that both are open to murder and neither has any moral problems with it.
In “The Laboratory” the narrator describes how she is going to kill her lover’s mistress.
NOW that I, tying thy glass mask tightly,
May gaze thro' these faint smokes curling whitely,
As thou pliest thy trade in this devil's-smithy--
Which is the poison to poison her, prithee? (poem hunter)
Compare this to Lady Macbeth’s description of killing Duncan.
Come to my woman's breasts,
The main similarity between the two of them is that both are open to murder and neither has any moral problems with it.
In “The Laboratory” the narrator describes how she is going to kill her lover’s mistress.
NOW that I, tying thy glass mask tightly,
May gaze thro' these faint smokes curling whitely,
As thou pliest thy trade in this devil's-smithy--
Which is the poison to poison her, prithee? (poem hunter)
Compare this to Lady Macbeth’s description of killing Duncan.
Come to my woman's breasts,