Question

macbeth. we will proceed no further in this business: he hath honour’d me of late; and i have bought golden opinions from all sorts of people, which would be worn now in their newest gloss, not cast aside so soon. lady macbeth. was the hope drunk wherein you dress’d 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 as thou art in desire? wouldst thou have that which thou esteem’st the ornament of life, and live a coward in thine own esteem, letting \i dare not\ wait upon \i would,\ like the poor cat i’ the adage? macbeth. prithee, peace: i dare do all that may become a man; who dares do more is none. —william shakespeare, macbeth, act i, scene vii what evidence from the text supports the idea that lady macbeth believes her husband to be weak and cowardly? a. i have bought / golden opinions from all sorts of people b. i dare do all that may become a man; / who dares do more is none c. we will proceed no further in this business d. wouldst thou have that / which thou esteem’st the ornament of life, / and live a coward in thine own esteem

Explanation:

Lady Macbeth questions Macbeth's courage by suggesting he would be a coward in his own eyes if he wants something he values yet doesn't act. This implies she thinks he's weak - the other options don't directly show her view of his cowardice.

Answer:

D. Wouldst thou have that / Which thou esteem'st the ornament of life, / And live a coward in thine own esteem