Read the excerpt from act 1, scene 5 of The Tragedy of Macbeth. Lady Macbeth has just finished reading Macbeth’s letter about the witches’ prophecies.Lady Macbeth. Glamis thou art, and Cawdor; and shalt beWhat thou art promis’d. Yet do I fear thy nature;It is too full o’ the milk of human kindnessTo catch the nearest way; thou wouldst be great,Art not without ambition, but withoutThe illness should attend it; what thou wouldst highly,That [wouldst] thou holily; wouldst not play false,And yet wouldst wrongly win; thou’dst have, great Glamis,That which cries, "Thus thou must do, if thou have it”;And that which rather thou dost fear to doThan wishest should be undone.
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through her acceptance of Macbeth’s desire to be kingB
through her characterization of Macbeth as too kindC
through her fear that Macbeth will gain power without herD
through her listing of the dishonest acts Macbeth commits