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EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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In his prologue to 'Faust', Goethe said some very interesting things about art.
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the prologue to Shakespeare's Henry V
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The brief prologue sets the scene for what is to follow.
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The past is the prologue to the future.
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The play begins with a brief prologue .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Euripidean drama commonly has an expository prologue whose function is to outline the forthcoming action of the play.
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Finally, in section 6 the association is made explicit, rounding out and completing the prologue to the poem.
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It is an eerie experience but only a prologue .
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The trials of the past are prologue to success.
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These quick distinctions are prologue to a crucial point.
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This casts doubt on the suggestion that Asclepiodatus was also responsible for the shorter prologue of Lex Salica.