Much Ado About Nothing

Write the meaning of the following phrases. O she, is fall’n into a pit of ink, that the wide sea hath drops too few to wash her clean again, … (Act 4, Scene 1, lines 147-149)

Write the meaning of the following phrases.

O she, is fall’n into a pit of ink, that the wide sea hath drops too few to wash her clean again, … (Act 4, Scene 1, lines 147-149)

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Leonato is lamenting that his daughter, Hero, has fallen out of his favour. He says that there is not enough water in the ocean to washe her stained soul clean. He is referring to her alleged infidelity.