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Lady Macbeth (if I remember the characters speaking correctly) is being praised for her courageous character (undaunted meaning unfazed or fearless and mettle meaning what he's made of), and the idea is that this courageous bearing should be passed on to a son who can make use of it and become a great a warrior, rather than a daughter, on whom, as a person unable to prove her mettle in battle, the courage would be "wasted."

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