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?
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. there's warrant in that theft/ which steals itself when there's no
mercy left.
o
d. to show an unfelt sorrow is an office / which the false man does
easy.