The speaker in the Laboratory is a woman driven to instability by the infidelity of her husband ( the identity of her husband is a point of contention when we were discussing this poem but I digress.). She, unlike other characters in poetry, is cold and calculated in her revenge. She shows little regret for her actions and has no visible sense of morality.

The speaker from The Laboratory  has multiple shades to her personality often displaying psychopathic tendencies (lack of care for the people she interacts with ( the plot is shows she doesn’t care about the “sanctity of life), lack of morality.) Despite displaying these, she also shows emotion and not just a mild emotion but a very powerful one. Rage. “You may kiss me, old man, on the mouth if you will”, she is being promiscuous to the chemist who is brewing this “phial” for her. This shows she can also manipulate people easily and is a very skilled at the art of deception.

 

In conclusion, this character is mentally unstable and very broken by the infidelity that had happened to her. Her flawed nature and strong language make this character very entertaining to read and study.