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In act II scene 2 after he murders ducan, macbeth asks, "Will all great Neptunes ocean wash this blood /clean from my hand?" Neptune was the Roman god of the sea. How does this allusion to Neptune affect the play?

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it reveals the great depth of Macbeth's guilt, suggesting that all the water in the ocean cannot cleanse him of it

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