The second shepherd play pdf

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The original text plus a side-by-side modern translation of every Shakespeare play. Sign Up. Already have an account? Sign in. From the creators of SparkNotes, something better. Literature Poetry Lit Terms Shakescleare. Download this LitChart! Teachers and parents! Struggling with distance learning? Mak pretends to have had a dream about Gill giving birth. Present Mak returns to Gill and she repeats her plan.

The shepherds meet again and Coll reveals that a sheep is missing. Daw is convinced that Mak and Gill are responsible, so the shepherds visit Mak. Mak pretends to be surprised to see them and reminds them of the dream he had, saying that it was a prophetic dream since Gill has now given birth.

The shepherds tell Mak about their lost sheep and search his cottage. The other shepherds join him and eventually realize that it is their lost sheep. Mak and Gill continue to pretend that the sheep is their child, but the shepherds are no longer fooled.

Coll decides to treat Mak mercifully by tossing him in a blanket as a sign of his shame instead of hanging him. The exhausted shepherds return to their pasture. An angel visits announcing the birth of Jesus and instructs them to go to Bethlehem. They visit Jesus and give him gifts: a bob of cherries symbolizing birth in winter , a bird symbolizing divinity ; and a ball symbolizing royalty.

The joyful shepherds depart singing. Special thanks go to the following companies and people for Mak returns to the shepherds and pretends to be asleep. They wake him up. Think you know the story of the Nativity? Think again. Saturday 8 December 2.