How does Shakespeare use the prologue to prepare the audience
for the action that follow in
Romeo & Juliet.
William Shakespeare, a famous playwright who wrote this calamitous, fatal and disastrous play. Shakespeare starts of the play by a breathtaking prologue, which creates dramatic tension for the audience, and keeps them interested; to know how does this fateful play happens. A prologue is a introduction to the play, which is said by the chorus. In the year 1595; they didn't have media, so they couldn't show everyone what the play is going to about. They had to come and watch it to see what its about. Now in the modern days we do have media, and everyone is notified through media like trailers, so we don't have to go and watch it to see what's it about.
The prologue, form Romeo and Juliet reveals to the audience that "Two households" in the streets of "fair Verona", where "ancient grudge breaks to new mutiny". Romeo, from Montague's and Juliet, from Capulet's are "star-crossed lovers" who lose their life's. "civil blood" makes their parents "unclean". This shows that their parents are responsible for their children's death.
for the action that follow in
Romeo & Juliet.
William Shakespeare, a famous playwright who wrote this calamitous, fatal and disastrous play. Shakespeare starts of the play by a breathtaking prologue, which creates dramatic tension for the audience, and keeps them interested; to know how does this fateful play happens. A prologue is a introduction to the play, which is said by the chorus. In the year 1595; they didn't have media, so they couldn't show everyone what the play is going to about. They had to come and watch it to see what its about. Now in the modern days we do have media, and everyone is notified through media like trailers, so we don't have to go and watch it to see what's it about.
The prologue, form Romeo and Juliet reveals to the audience that "Two households" in the streets of "fair Verona", where "ancient grudge breaks to new mutiny". Romeo, from Montague's and Juliet, from Capulet's are "star-crossed lovers" who lose their life's. "civil blood" makes their parents "unclean". This shows that their parents are responsible for their children's death.