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.
Which evidence from the text best supports the idea that Malcolm and
Donalbain believe they need to flee Scotland before someone tries to murder
them too?
O
A. Therefore, to horse; / And let us not be dainty of leave-taking
O
B. What will you do? Let's not consort with them
O
C. To show an unfelt sorrow is an office / Which the false man does
easy.
O
D. Where we are,/ There's daggers in men's smiles: the near in blood,
/ The nearer bloody.

Answer 1

The answer is D. Where we are,/ There's daggers in men's smiles: the near in blood, / The nearer bloody.

In this line in Macbeth (Act II, Scene III), Donalbain tells Malcolm that wherever they go, people will smile at them while having knives (daggers) hidden. He also states during the same conversation that even their closest relatives represent a threat and could murder them. Malcolm and him realize that they are in danger and they need to flee Scotland.