The milk of human kindness.
Lady Macbeth
He is too full of the milk of human kindness to catch the nearest way.
Lady Macbeth thinks Macbeth will not achieve power because he will not kill the King who he shall become (says the witches first prophecies). When he eventually does, Lady Macbeth is proven wrong. So shame on herself!
The prophecy that Macbeth will be king puts the idea of murdering Duncan into both Macbeth's head and Lady Macbeth's. Before he even writes to her Macbeth says to himself, "why do I yield to that suggestion whose horrid image doth unfix my hair" and later, "let not light see my black and deep desires." She doesn't give him the idea. On the other hand, Macbeth does not put even the whiff of a suggestion into his letter that he has thought about murder, and Lady M says "Thou art too full of the milk of human kindness to catch the nearest way." She is thinking murder, but is afraid he isn't. Macbeth would have talked himself out of it, however, if Lady M had not pressured him into turning the idea of murder (which they both had) into reality.
lady Macbeth prays to be unsexed because she thinks her femininity makes her weak she is too kind and gentle she needs her kindness to be taken away so she can plan the murder and make Macbeth kill king duncan
It is apparently too full of the milk of human kindness to catch the nearest way. Or so she says.
Lady Macbeth
He is too full of the milk of human kindness to catch the nearest way.
Lady Macbeth thinks Macbeth will not achieve power because he will not kill the King who he shall become (says the witches first prophecies). When he eventually does, Lady Macbeth is proven wrong. So shame on herself!
Lady Macbeth sees a lack of ambition and ruthlessness as a great failing. She believes that Macbeth is too soft-hearted and that his morals hinder their ascent to power.
The difference is that Lady Macbeth at first wanted Macbeth to kill Banquo and Macbeth was too scared to do it. Later on in the tragedy, Lady Macbeth gets haunted and gets mentally ill and Macbeth keeps on killing people.
Yes, and she sleeptalks too.
The prophecy that Macbeth will be king puts the idea of murdering Duncan into both Macbeth's head and Lady Macbeth's. Before he even writes to her Macbeth says to himself, "why do I yield to that suggestion whose horrid image doth unfix my hair" and later, "let not light see my black and deep desires." She doesn't give him the idea. On the other hand, Macbeth does not put even the whiff of a suggestion into his letter that he has thought about murder, and Lady M says "Thou art too full of the milk of human kindness to catch the nearest way." She is thinking murder, but is afraid he isn't. Macbeth would have talked himself out of it, however, if Lady M had not pressured him into turning the idea of murder (which they both had) into reality.
One notable example of assonance in Macbeth is found in Act 1, Scene 5, when Lady Macbeth says: "I fear thy nature. It is too full o' the milk of human kindness." Here, the repetition of the short 'i' sound in "milk" and "kindness" creates an assonant effect.
Lady Macbeth uses a metaphor in the underlined words "Yet do I fear thy nature; It is too full o' the milk of human kindness" to emphasize that Macbeth's ambition to become king is hindered by his inherent compassion and gentleness. The metaphor compares Macbeth's kindness to milk, highlighting its purity and nurturing quality.
In Act 1, Scene 5, Lady Macbeth describes her husband, Macbeth, as ambitious but too full of the milk of human kindness to seize the crown without her help. She believes he lacks the ruthlessness to take the necessary steps to become king, and she plans to manipulate him into fulfilling their ambitions.
No. She thinks he is too full of the milk of human kindness to catch the nearest way. But Macbeth's hesitation comes from caution, not kindness. Lady Macbeth is projecting her own feelings onto Macbeth--she will later say that "if he had not resembled my father as he slept, I'd ha' done it", showing that she is the one who is deterred by the "milk of human kindness". Macbeth, on the other hand, is deterred by his anticipation of the consequences of the murder. It is thoughts, not feelings, that are holding him back.