All 3 Uses of
epilogue
in
A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Will it please you to see the epilogue, or to hear a Bergomask dance between two of our company?†
Scene 5.1epilogue = an afterward or concluding passage added at the end of a literary work
- THESEUS No epilogue, I pray you; for your play needs no excuse.†
Scene 5.1
- But come, your Bergomask; let your epilogue alone.†
Scene 5.1 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(epilogue as in: the novel's epilogue) an afterward or concluding passage added at the end of a literary work -- often to summarize events occurring many years after the main story ends
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(2)
(epilogue as in: the play's epilogue) a short speech addressed directly to the audience by an actor at the end of a play -- often in verse
- (3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)