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The milk of human kindness. Lady Macbeth: Glamis thou art, and Cawdor, and shalt be. What thou art promis'd. Yet do I fear thy nature, It is too full o' th' milk of human kindness. To...
13. Juli 2019 · milk of human kindness, the Compassion, sympathy, as in There's no milk of human kindness in that girl—she's totally selfish. This expression was invented by Shakespeare in Macbeth (1:5), where Lady Macbeth complains that her husband “is too full of the milk of human kindness” to kill his rivals.
The Milk of Human Kindness Meaning. Definition: Sympathy, care, and friendliness. Origin of Milk of Human Kindness. This expression comes from the English playwright William Shakespeare. He used it in his play Macbeth, in the year 1605. In the play, Lady Macbeth tells her husband,
You are too full of the milk of human kindness to take the shortest route to power. You want to be powerful, and you don’t lack ambition—but you don’t have the nastiness required to truly go for it.
the milk of human kindness, the gentleness of humanity, of human nature. Lady Macbeth knows her husband well enough to feel sure that, however brave he is on the field of battle, he will hesitate to commit a murder. Compare Macbeth's own words when the idea of the crime enters his mind, i. 3. 134-7.
She immediately shares his ambitions but fears he’ll be too weak (too full of “the milk of human kindness”) to kill the King. A messenger brings news that King Duncan is coming to stay...
31. Juli 2015 · When she learns that Duncan is coming to visit, she calls upon supernatural agents to fill her with cruelty. Macbeth arrives, and Lady Macbeth tells him that she will take charge of the preparations for Duncan’s visit and for his murder. Enter Macbeth’s Wife, alone, with a letter.
