Jerome Charyn

It was difficult to find my way into 'I Am Abraham,' to feel confident enough to inhabit Lincoln's persona. I began with a prologue in a neutral voice, wrote of Lincoln at the White House with a sly young reporter quizzing him about his humble origins.

American Author

Graham Nelson

A deliberate choice on my part was for the player to continue to find new possibilities in the early Attic rooms far into the game. I think this builds atmosphere, though it means there's no neat division of the prologue from the middle game.

English Mathematician

Colman Domingo

There was a Ta-Nehisi Coates book called 'Between the World and Me' that I read the prologue, and I was so decimated by it that I couldn't even get through the rest of the book.

American Actor

Saul Bass

At one point it occurred to me that the title could make a more significant contribution to the storytelling process. It could act as a prologue.

American Designer

Oscar Peterson

Some people try to get very philosophical and cerebral about what they're trying to say with jazz. You don't need any prologues, you just play.

Canadian Musician

James Madison

A popular government without popular information or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce, or a tragedy, or perhaps both.

American President

Kate Herron

I always thought of episode 1 as the prologue and episode 2 as our chapter 1 for 'Loki.

William Congreve

Courtship is to marriage, as a very witty prologue to a very dull play.

English Poet

John Grisham

I hate prologues because they're kind of gimmicks to suck you in.

American Writer

William Shakespeare

English Playwright

A prologue in literature introduces the theme or sets the stage for the story to come.

Literary Opening

A book's prologue is often used to provide background information that is crucial to the plot.

Scene Setting

In speeches, a prologue may serve to introduce the main topics before presenting arguments.

Speaker's Introduction

A prologue can be an event signaling the start of something important, like a conflict or era.

Event Precursor

Prologue is sometimes used metaphorically to describe the beginning stages of an event or process.

Metaphorical Use

In historical contexts, prologue denotes the events that set the stage for a significant period.

Historical Context

 as the prologue ambitiously introduces 29 pilgrims and promises four stories apiece, and the innkeeper never crowns a victor. It’s possible that Chaucer was so caught up in his sumptuous creations that he delayed picking a winner - or perhaps he was so fond of each character that he just couldn’t choose.

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 I know that feeling hurt is often prologue to dealing hurt. I wonder now if you would be less eager to deal it if I had stood with you