This depends completely on what their underlying fears and dreams are. If they fear being lost without the antagonist, therefore their goals always match whatever the antagonist wants, then I doubt the reader will question that. (Though they might question why the antagonists goals are changing so often.) If their dreams are to have a loving family and this antagonist is a part of it then it makes sense to change the goals to achieve the dream. Again a reader might question the antagonist more than the protagonist.
Within the text itself ‘hanging a lantern on it’ might be a good way to dismiss reader worry about the change in goals.
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