All 11 Uses of
prologue
in
A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Write me a prologue; and let the prologue seem to say we will do no harm with our swords, and that Pyramus is not killed indeed; and for the more better assurance, tell them that I Pyramus am not Pyramus but Bottom the weaver: this will put them out of fear.†
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- Write me a prologue; and let the prologue seem to say we will do no harm with our swords, and that Pyramus is not killed indeed; and for the more better assurance, tell them that I Pyramus am not Pyramus but Bottom the weaver: this will put them out of fear.†
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- QUINCE Well, we will have such a prologue; and it shall be written in eight and six.†
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- SNOUT Therefore another prologue must tell he is not a lion.†
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- ] PHILOSTRATE So please your grace, the prologue is address'd.†
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- Enter PROLOGUE.†
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- ] PROLOGUE 'If we offend, it is with our good will.†
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- LYSANDER He hath rid his prologue like a rough colt; he knows not the stop.†
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- HIPPOLYTA Indeed he hath played on this prologue like a child on a recorder; a sound, but not in government.†
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- ] PROLOGUE Gentles, perchance you wonder at this show; But wonder on, till truth make all things plain.†
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- [Exeunt PROLOGUE, THISBE, LION, and MOONSHINE.†
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Definition:
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(prologue) an introduction to a fictional work; or anything that precedes a more important event