Yes; as sparrows eagles, or the hare the lion. if i say sooth, i must report they were as cannons overcharged with double cracks, so they doubly redoubled strokes upon the foe: except they meant to bathe in reeking wounds, or memorise another golgotha, i cannot tell. but i am faint, my gashes cry for . in this scene the sergeant compares macbeth and banquo to "as sparrows eagles, or the hare the lion." knowing that the eagle and the lion are predators and the sparrow and the hare are prey, what does shakespeare reveal about the characters using this comparison?