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What is Macbeth saying about the ocean in the following lines?

"Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood clean from my hand? No, this my hand will rather the multitudinous seas incarnadine, making the green one red."

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A. He wants the noise from the ocean to distract him from his guilt over Duncan's death.

B. That the ocean does not have enough water in it to wash his hands clean from Duncan's blood.

C. He wants the ocean to drown him in his guilt over Duncan's death.

D. He wants him and Lady Macbeth to go swim in the ocean.

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Duncan’s death thus his blood is on Macbeth’s hands and not even all the water in the ocean can wipe them clean
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