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How Is Lady Macbeth A Dynamic Character

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William Shakespeare introduces readers to the complex and twisted character of Lady Macbeth in his tragic play, Macbeth. In this play, Lady Macbeth proves herself to be a manipulative, ruthless, and ambitious character through her significant actions and personal relationships with other characters in the play. To start, Lady Macbeth displays her skills of manipulation in her interactions with her husband, Macbeth. Upon her discovery of the prophecy that declares that Macbeth is to become the future King of Scotland, Lady Macbeth’s ambition for power drives her to start plotting the murder of King Duncan. She convinces Macbeth to “...look like th’innocent flower, / But be the serpent under’t...” (Shakespeare 1.6.64-65). Before the murder of

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