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Complete the following sentence by providing a reason. In Act III Scene iv of the play Macbeth, Lady Macbeth dismissed the guests at the banquet without standing on any ceremony because ______. - English Literature

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Complete the following sentence by providing a reason.

In Act III Scene iv of the play Macbeth, Lady Macbeth dismissed the guests at the banquet without standing on any ceremony because ______.

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In Act III Scene iv of the play Macbeth, Lady Macbeth dismissed the guests at the banquet without standing on any ceremony because she recognised signs of Macbeth’s troubled mind/she was afraid he would blurt out the truth/his erratic behaviour might expose them/he was making a fool of himself.

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