Both Uses of
prologue
in
Romeo and Juliet
- THE PROLOGUE
[Enter Chorus]p. 3.0 *prologue = introduction to the play
- Nor no without-book prologue, faintly spoke
After the prompter, for our entrance.
But, let them measure us by what they will,
We'll measure them a measure, and be gone.p. 40.3prologue = introduction
Definitions:
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(1)
(prologue) an introduction to a fictional work; or anything that precedes a more important event
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(2)
(prologue rare meaning) meaning too rare to warrant focus
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(3)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Rarely, prologue can be used in other senses. For example, in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, Prologue is the name of a character who delivers a prologue in a play within the play.