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 has decided not to kill the king because he is weak and
cowardly?