Macbeth

WHO said: "look like the time; bear welcome in your eye,/ your hand, your tongue: look like the innocent flower,/ but be the serpent under't." and WHAT does it means?

what does it means and who says it?

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Lady Macbeth says this - she is speaking to Macbeth as she tells him to look innocent while preparing to kill Duncan. She is telling him to look like a flower (beautiful and innocent), but still he should be ready to attack like a snake lying in wait. This is her way of showing him how to prepare to kill Duncan.

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