ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -She has no loyalty to any cause beyond her own ambition, and is willing to manipulate her husband to achieve what she wants. Her desire for Macbeth to be king doesn’t stem from a belief he’d be a good ruler; she wants him to be king because she wants to be queen.

Detailed explanation-2: -She notes that her husband has ambition and wants to be king someday, but he lacks the toughness – the “illness” as she puts it–required to achieve this goal; he is “too full of human kindness”.

Detailed explanation-3: -Lady Macbeth murmurs that she knows Macbeth is ambitious, but fears he is too full of “th’ milk of human kindness” to take the steps necessary to make himself king (1.5.15). She resolves to convince her husband to do whatever is required to seize the crown.

Detailed explanation-4: -To have thee crowned withal. After reading her husband’s letter bringing news of his new title and the Witches’ prophecy, Lady Macbeth delivers this soliloquy in Act 1, Scene 5. She’s overjoyed that her husband will become king, but worried that Macbeth will prove to be too weak to murder Duncan himself.