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What is the meaning of the following line from the Prologue?

Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.

1. Regular citizens—not soldiers—were being killed.
2. Many soldiers were killing local citizens in town.
3. Some people had decided to be nice to their enemies.
4. Not one person knew how to behave politely in public.

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MsEducated
The correct answer is the first one.

Here, the word "civil" is similar to "civilian" -- meaning, not those in the military.

It's also a play on the word "civil" being similar to "civilized." These people are not behaving in a civilized manner, even though they are from respectable families.

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