Macbeth/#1/Quotes and Answers
Quote: “Yes, as sparrows eagles, or the hare the lion, if I say sooth.”
Answer: Act 1, Scene 2, Line 39.Captain to King Duncan. A wounded Captain, returning from the “violence in the Western Isles” has told Duncan of Macbeth’s heroics on the battlefield. But he quickly adds, “The Norwegians began a fresh assault.” Duncan asks “Did not this dismay our captains, Macbeth and Banquo?” The Captain answers with this quote, saying they were about as dismayed by the Norwegians as eagles are of sparrows or a lion is of a hare.