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sebast123
sebast123
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High School - 11th Grade

What is the function of the prologue?

about the story of romeo and juliet of w. Shakespeare

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Posted by sebast123 on Wednesday April 22, 2009 at 4:38 AM and tagged with function, hamlet, prologue.

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  1. frizzyperm Teacher
    College - Senior

    'Prologue' literally means 'The Before Speech.'

    You can have dialogue, monologue, epilogue etc etc. A prologue is the speech before you start. It is an introduction.

    You know at the beginning of the Star Wars movies you get the big, scrolling text that tells you what has happened so far? That is a prologue. It tells you all the stuff about The Empire and The Rebels and it brings you up to date with things you need to know to understand the story.

    Same with R+J's prologue. It tells you all the information you need to know to get up to date with the story. Where? Who? What? Why? etc. etc.

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    Posted by frizzyperm on Wednesday April 22, 2009 at 4:52 AM