Shakespeare Electronic Conference, Vol. 1, No. 135. Monday, 3 Dec 1990. Date: Mon, 3 Dec 90 09:12 EST From: Jim Wilderotter -- Georgetown Center for Text and Subject: Weeping Deer... I believe if you look in Old English poetry and literature, you will find that the deer is used to symbolize Christ. This is especially true when the scene includes a hunter. As people with a background in OE poetry and literature know, the hunter is usually wearing green, which (at that time) symbolized the Devil (see also, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight). Jim Wilderotter