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What are your impressions of the opening scene in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet?
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What are your impressions of the opening scene in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet? The Prologue The prologue is the first thing that is said in the play, and it's point is to tell you what the play is about. It is written in sonnet form giving a brief outline of the play, that is the first four lines are leading you into the play, setting the scene, giving you the background information you need so you can understand the play. This is so the first scene is not spent describing life up until that point. The rest of the prologue is spent telling you what you should expect in the play, this is so you can understand it better when it happens. Then on the last line it says, "What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend." This means that what you have not understood from the prologue, the play shall...
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