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How does The Second Shepherds’ Play use humor to reinforce its serious religious purpose and teach its audiences about Christian values? What is the effect of the juxtaposition of the sacred and the profane in the play?
What is the effect of the anachronistic language in The Second Shepherds’ Play? In what ways does it generate comedy, and in what ways does it foreshadow the coming of the Christ-Child?