ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

MACBETH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who said it?"Yet do I fear thy nature; It is too full o’ the milk of human kindness.”
A
Lady Macbeth
B
The witches
C
Macbeth
D
Macduff
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -A quotation from Macbeth (1606), spoken by Lady *Macbeth as she expressed her concern that her husband lacked the necessary ruthlessness to kill Duncan and seize the throne: ‘Yet do I fear thy nature; it is too full o’ the milk of human kindness to catch the nearest way.

Detailed explanation-2: -Lady Macbeth says this line right after reading a letter from Macbeth.

Detailed explanation-3: -Summary: Act 1, scene 5 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).

Detailed explanation-4: -Yet I do fear thy nature; it is too full o’ the milk of human kindness.-LM. Lady Macbeth fears her husband’s compassionate nature may blunt his ambition and keep him from doing what is necessary to achieve greatness.

Detailed explanation-5: -Glamis thou art, and Cawdor; and shalt be. What thou art promised. The raven himself is hoarse. That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan. O, never. Shall sun that morrow see! But screw your courage to the sticking-place, And we’ll not fail. I laid their daggers ready; Out, damned spot; out, I say.

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