A falcon, tow'ring in her pride of place was by a mousing owl hawked at and killed

owl

falcon

owl killing a falcon

breaking of great chain of being

shy

only eats small animals

kills any bird

hawk

represents king duncan

hawked

noun

lady macbeth

shows how much she influenced macbeth to kill king

in control

verb

at the time incredibly expensive

symbolism macbeth

shows that king duncan was at the top couldn't be defeated

unless hes stabbed in the back

her

against gendre roles at the time

falcon

stong

women being shown as strong and powerful