Question

select the correct answer from the drop-down menu.

read the excerpt from act i, scene 7 of macbeth.

lady macbeth: was the hope drunk

(40) wherein you dressd yourself? hath it slept since?
and wakes it now, to look so green and pale
at what it did so freely? from this time
such i account thy love. art thou afeard
to be the same in thine own act and valour

(45) as thou art in desire?

what does lady macbeth accuse macbeth of in this passage?

lady macbeth accuses macbeth of choose an answer
options:
being too greedy for power
being afraid of his own desires
being too tired to think clearly
changing his mind repeatedly

Explanation:

Analyze Lady Macbeth's speech

Lady Macbeth asks Macbeth if his hope was "drunk" when he "dress'd" himself in it, and if it has "slept since" and now wakes up looking "green and pale" (cowardly/sickly) at what it previously planned so freely. She then asks: "Art thou afeard / To be the same in thine own act and valour / As thou art in desire?"

Connect to the options

The question asks what Lady Macbeth accuses Macbeth of in this passage.
The lines "Art thou afeard / To be the same in thine own act and valour / As thou art in desire?" directly translate to asking if he is afraid to act on his own desires (his desire to become king by killing Duncan).

Evaluate the drop-down choices

• "being too greedy for power": Incorrect; she is encouraging his ambition, not accusing him of being too greedy.
• "being afraid of his own desires": Correct; she is accusing him of cowardice in matching his actions to his desires.
• "being too tired to think clearly": Incorrect; "slept" and "wakes" are metaphorical descriptions of his changing commitment, not literal fatigue.
• "changing his mind repeatedly": Incorrect; while he is hesitating, her specific accusation here is cowardice ("afeard") to act on his desires.

Answer:

• being too greedy for power
• being afraid of his own desires (Correct answer)
• being too tired to think clearly
• changing his mind repeatedly