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A huge debate can be waged over who is the evilest character in William Shakespeare's Macbeth. This argument can be narrowed down into a competition between two key characters: Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. In the first few acts of the play, the calculating Lady Macbeth may be seen as the evilest character but later, it becomes apparent that behind his hero veneer, the title character Macbeth is truly the devil character in Shakespeare's play. Prior …

…is the evilest character in Shakespeare's play. While his wife Lady Macbeth is the chief motivation in his destructive behavior in the beginning, it is not so throughout the whole play. Macbeth acts separately from his wife when he plans the murders of Banquo and Macduff's family. Lady Macbeth is proven to be conscience-stricken and not as evil as her earlier actions would infer. Even with spiteful and villainous characters, Macbeth is a great play.