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From the Ted Talk by Iseult Gillespie: Why should you read "A Midsummer Night's Dream?"
Unscramble the Blue Letters
Despite their magical sepoldnr, Oberon and Titania, the king and qeuen of the fairies, have their own romantic problems. Furious at his ilibanity to control tinaita, the jealous Oberon commands the trickster Puck to squeeze the juice of a magical flower over her eyes. When she wakes up, she’ll fall in love with the first thing she sees. On his msisoin, Puck gleefully sprinkles the juice over the eyes of the napping Demetrius and Lysander, and transforms Bottom’s head into that of a deknoy for good measure.
Open Cloze
Despite their magical ________, Oberon and Titania, the king and _____ of the fairies, have their own romantic problems. Furious at his _________ to control _______, the jealous Oberon commands the trickster Puck to squeeze the juice of a magical flower over her eyes. When she wakes up, she’ll fall in love with the first thing she sees. On his _______, Puck gleefully sprinkles the juice over the eyes of the napping Demetrius and Lysander, and transforms Bottom’s head into that of a ______ for good measure.
Solution
- splendor
- titania
- donkey
- mission
- inability
- queen
Original Text
Despite their magical splendor, Oberon and Titania, the king and queen of the fairies, have their own romantic problems. Furious at his inability to control Titania, the jealous Oberon commands the trickster Puck to squeeze the juice of a magical flower over her eyes. When she wakes up, she’ll fall in love with the first thing she sees. On his mission, Puck gleefully sprinkles the juice over the eyes of the napping Demetrius and Lysander, and transforms Bottom’s head into that of a donkey for good measure.
Frequently Occurring Word Combinations
Important Words
- commands
- control
- demetrius
- donkey
- eyes
- fairies
- fall
- flower
- furious
- gleefully
- good
- head
- inability
- jealous
- juice
- king
- love
- lysander
- magical
- measure
- mission
- napping
- oberon
- problems
- puck
- queen
- romantic
- sees
- splendor
- sprinkles
- squeeze
- titania
- transforms
- trickster
- wakes