As the play progresses, what becomes ironic about lady macbeth's previous statement that “a little water clears us of this deed? ” a. her well-laid plans are thwarted when she is discovered to be an accomplice to duncan's death. b. as she descends into guilt-induced insanity, she imagines blood she cannot wash from her hands. c. overcome by guilt and despairing her husband's fate, lady macbeth drowns herself. d. the water in the three sisters' cauldron is what first led to all of lady macbeth's troubles.