Question

Read this passage:

MALCOLM. What will you do? Let's not consort with them.
To show an unfelt sorrow is an office
Which the false man does easy. I'll to England.
DONALBAIN. To Ireland, I. Our separated fortune
Shall keep us both the safer. Where we are,
There's daggers in men's smiles. The near in blood,
The nearer bloody.
MALCOLM. This murderous shaft that's shot
Hath not yet lighted, and our safest way
Is to avoid the aim. Therefore, to horse,
And let us not be dainty of leave-taking,
But shift away. There's warrant in that theft
Which steals itself when there's no mercy left.
William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act II, scene iii
Which lines would support the answer to the question of why Malcolm and
Donalbain feel they need to leave Scotland?
A. Therefore, to horse, / And let us not be dainty of leave-taking
B. This murderous shaft that's shot / Hath not yet lighted, and our
safest way / Is to avoid the aim.
C. I'll to England." / "To Ireland, I.
D. What will you do? Let's not consort with them.

Answer 1

I believe the answer is B.

Because they are talking about how it would be safer to avoid the aim.

Answer 2

B. This murderous shaft that's shot/Hath not yet lighted, and our safest way/is to avoid the aim.

Step-by-step explanation:

In this passage from Act II, Scene III, of "The Tragedy of Macbeth" by William Shakespeare, the lines that support the answer to the question of why Malcolm and Donalbain feel they need to leave Scotland is stated above. Malcolm and Donalbain think that the man who killed their father might be aiming at them. They think it is not safe for them to remain in Scotland because they have to avoid the aim.