At the start of the scene Puck and a Fairy who serve Oberon and Titania respectively, first reveal to us the strained relationship between the King and Queen. The imperative “take heed the queen come not within his sight” highlights this theme of conflict. Here we can see that the relationship is suffering as their servants must plan and orchestrate the situation to ensure they don’t meet. This is the reader’s first introduction to the King and Queen of the fairies and we understand immediately that theirs is not a good relationship. which are highlighted in yellow for clear refernce

Read the excerpt from "mother tongue." lately, i’ve been giving more thought to the kind of english my mother speaks. like others, i have described it to people as “broken” or “fractured” english. but i wince when i say that. it has always bothered me that i can think of no other way to describe it other than “broken,” as if it were damaged and needed to be fixed, as if it lacked a certain wholeness and soundness. what best supports the inference that tan believes nonstandard english is no less valid than standard english? tan spends a lot of time thinking about her mother’s “fractured” english. tan has trouble thinking of descriptive words when she is writing. tan’s american education makes it difficult for her to understand her mother. tan winces when she describes her mother’s english as “broken.”