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What evidence from the text supports idea that Lady Macbeth believes her husband is too weak and cowardly to kill king?

Evidence from the text that supports the idea that Lady Macbeth believes her husband is too weak and cowardly to kill the king:

* Lady Macbeth's words to her husband:

* "Yet do I fear thy nature;

It is too full o' the milk of human kindness

To catch the nearest way." (Act 1, Scene 5)

* "When you durst do it, then you were a man;

And, to be more than what you were, you would

Be so much more the man." (Act 1, Scene 7)

* Lady Macbeth's actions:

* She goads her husband into killing the king by calling him a coward and a weakling.

* She plans and executes the murder herself, without her husband's knowledge or consent.

These quotes and actions show that Lady Macbeth believes her husband is too weak and cowardly to kill the king. She believes that he is too kind and gentle to commit such a violent act, and that he lacks the strength and courage necessary to carry it out.

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