Macbeth

"doubtful it stood / as two spent swimmers that o cling together / and choke their art." who said it and what does it means?

machbeth act I

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This is the sargeant appraising the King and Malcolm about the war with Norway. He specifically describes the battle between the rebel Macdonwald and King Duncan's men using imagery of two drowning swimmers as they claw at each other as they struggle to stay alive.