How does Lady Macbeth describe her husband?In Acts 1 and 2

Lady Macbeth, from Shakespeare's play
Macbeth, is very direct when speaking about what she thinks of her
husband.

In Act I, Scene v, Lady Macbeth has the following
to say about her husband:

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What thou art promised; yet do I fear thy
nature;/ It is too full o'the milk of human kindness/ To catch the nearest
way.

Here, Lady Macbeth is
saying that she does not think her husband it strong enough to take the crown by doing
what needs to be done (murdering Duncan).

In the same act
and scene, Lady Macbeth states that she knows she is going to have to convince Macbeth
before he will take action on his own:

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Hie thee hither,/ That I may pour my spirits in
thine ear,/ And chastise with the valour of my
tongue.

Lady Macbeth knows
that she must be the one to convince him to murder Duncan in order to gain the crown.
What she is saying here is that Macbeth is weak enough to be
swayed.

One last time in Act I, Lady Macbeth, when speaking
to Macbeth, tells him how to act. She states:

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Your hand, your tongue: look like the innocent
flower,/ But be the serpent
under't.

Here, Lady Macbeth
is worried that Macbeth will not be able to put on the mask of the innocent. She, again,
finds him too weak to pull off the murder of Duncan without accusations being made
against him.

In Act I, scene vii, Lady Macbeth  calls
Macbeth a coward. She tells him that he will

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live a coward in thine own self-esteem,/ Letting
'I dare not' wait upon 'I
would.'

Macbeth rebuffs her
by saying that everything he does is to prove to her so that "he may become a
man."

In Act II, Lady Macbeth becomes even more relentless
against her husband. After he murders Duncan, and he breaks down, Lady Macbeth
states

You do
unbend your noble
strength.

She proceeds to
belittle him stating that he has not finished to job. Macbeth tells her that there is no
way he could re-enter the bedroom of the guards so as to frame them for the murder of
Duncan. She takes it upon herself to plant the evidence.

In
the end, Lady Macbeth still seems fearful of Macbeth's weaknesses. She tells
him

be not
lost/so poorly in your
thoughts.

Basically, Lady
Macbeth finds her husband very weak. She knows that she must take control so that he
does not lose the crown due to his mental weaknesses. Basically, Lady Macbeth is not
very supportive or sure of the character of Macbeth. She finds him too
weak.