In the tragedy of macbeth, act iii, when lady macbeth claims “nought’s had, all’s spent, / where our desire is got without content . .” she means that a. she and macbeth have quarreled. b. she and macbeth have risked everything but have gained no happiness because they are living in fear. c. she regrets the killing of duncan. d. she does not want macbeth to have banquo killed.

the correct answer option for this is: false.

explanation:

we are given the following statement 'hawthorne thought of himself as a novelist' which is false.

the truth is that nathaniel hawthorne thought of himself as a romancer, rather than a novelist.

though it is ironic of him of him to consider himself a romancer rather than a novelist despite of the innocent women killings in the salem witch trials which occurred in colonial massachusetts between 1692 and 1693 .