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Lady Macbeth's Character Changes

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In The Tragedy of Macbeth by William Shakespeare, Lady Macbeth is revealed to be a unique individual who experiences different changes in her personality as the story progresses. In her first appearance in the play, she is introduced as a strong, forceful person determined to get what she wants. She refuses to allow anything to get in the way of what she desires. Her personality begins to change as her husband’s guilt for killing Duncan causes him to perform more and more brutal acts. Lady Macbeth’s behavior changes throughout the play from her early determination and forcefulness to her behavior during the banquet scene and finally to her behavior in her final

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