[General] the milk of human kindness

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vil

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Dear teachers,

Would you be kind enough to give me your considered opinion concerning the interpretation of the expression in bold in the following sentences?

Yet do I fear thy nature;
It is too full of the milk of human kindness
To catch the nearest way; thou wouldst be great; (Shakespeare, “Lady Macbeth”)

the milk of human kindness = human weakness, sympathy

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riquecohen

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Dear teachers,

Would you be kind enough to give me your considered opinion concerning the interpretation of the expression in bold in the following sentences?

Yet do I fear thy nature;
It is too full of the milk of human kindness
To catch the nearest way; thou wouldst be great; (Shakespeare, “Lady Macbeth”)

the milk of human kindness = human weakness, sympathy

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Human kindness and sympathy.
 
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