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.
Scene 3.1prologue = introduction
- ...and let the prologue seem to say we will do no harm with our swords, and that...
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- Well, we will have such a prologue; and it shall be written in eight and six.
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- Therefore another prologue must tell he is not a lion.
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- So please your grace, the prologue is address'd.
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- Enter PROLOGUE.
Scene 5.1prologue = the name of a character who delivers a prologue in the play within the play
- PROLOGUE: 'If we offend, it is with our good will.'
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- He hath rid his prologue like a rough colt; he knows not the stop.
Scene 5.1prologue = introduction
- 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.
Scene 5.1 *prologue = the name of a character who delivers a prologue in the play within the play
- Exeunt PROLOGUE, THISBE, LION, and MOONSHINE.
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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