Read the passage from Shakespeare's Macbeth and answer the question that follows:
Sergeant
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 help.
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?
They are animals.
They are cowards.
They are fierce.
They are dead.