Reading
Questions for Macflecknoe
1) What are the targets of Dryden’s
satire? How does he attack them?
2) Who are these people either directly mentioned or alluded to in this
poem, and why are they in this poem? What role(s) do they play in the satire?:
Flecknoe
Augustus
(Augustus Caesar)
John the
Baptist
Hannibal
Ascanius
Fletcher
Jonson
Romulus
Bruce
Longvil