• Winter's Tales, Shakespear

• Introduction
• Short Summary
• Detailed Summary
• Summary Act I-Scene-I
• Summary Act I, Scene II
• Summary Act II, Scene I
• Summary Act II, Scene II
• Summary Act II, Scene III
• Summary Act III, Scene I&II
• Summary Act III, Scene III
• Summary Act IV, Scene I-III
• Summary Act IV, Scene IV
• Summary Act V, Scene I
• Summary Act V, Scene II
• Characters in "Winter's Tales"
• Leontes, King of Sicilia
• Hermione, Queen of Sicilia
• Perdita: the shepherdess
• Character of Camillo
• Polixenes: King of Bohemia
• Florizel, Prince of Bohemia
• Character of Paulina
• Winter's Tales Themes and Topics
• Top 10 Quotes from Winter's Tales
• Best Quotes from Winter's Tales

Act II, Scene II-Detailed Summary of Winter's Tales: "Winter's Tales" by William Shakespeare

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Scene II

Paulina, wife of Antigonus, visits the prison to meet the queen but she is not allowed to see her. She agitates but to no avail. She is allowed merely to meet Emilia, an attendant of the queen. Emilia tells the lady that the queen has given birth to a baby girl. She requests the queen to give him the child so that she may persuade the king with the innocence of the child to let go the queen:

"The silence often of pure innocence
Persuades when speaking fails".

She assures the gaoler of no harm if someone finds out that she took the baby out.