From the Ted Talk by Iseult Gillespie: Why should you read Shakespeare's "The Tempest"?
Unscramble the Blue Letters
Although Prospero was wronged by Antonio, he has long inflicted his own abuses on the island, hoarding its magical properties and natural re-sources for himself. cibaaln especially resents this takeover. The son of Sycorax, a witch who previously ruled the ialnsd, he initially helped the exiles find their footing. But he’s since become their slave, and rntas with furious regret: “And then I loved thee,/ And sohwed thee all the qualities o’ th’ isle/ The fresh springs, brine pits, barren place and fertile./ csreud be I that did so!”
Open Cloze
Although Prospero was wronged by Antonio, he has long inflicted his own abuses on the island, hoarding its magical properties and natural re-sources for himself. _______ especially resents this takeover. The son of Sycorax, a witch who previously ruled the ______, he initially helped the exiles find their footing. But he’s since become their slave, and _____ with furious regret: “And then I loved thee,/ And ______ thee all the qualities o’ th’ isle/ The fresh springs, brine pits, barren place and fertile./ ______ be I that did so!”
Solution
cursed
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Original Text
Although Prospero was wronged by Antonio, he has long inflicted his own abuses on the island, hoarding its magical properties and natural re-sources for himself. Caliban especially resents this takeover. The son of Sycorax, a witch who previously ruled the island, he initially helped the exiles find their footing. But he’s since become their slave, and rants with furious regret: “And then I loved thee,/ And showed thee all the qualities o’ th’ isle/ The fresh springs, brine pits, barren place and fertile./ Cursed be I that did so!”