The prologue does not have a social or moral purpose, it has a dramatic purpose which is to set the scene and give a rough sketch of the direction the play's headed in. It is relevant to the play whenever the play is performed. Dispensing with it would be like dispensing with the Chorus in Oedipus Rex or the Narrator in Our Town; they are part of the way the playwright chose to tell his story.
The deaths of Romeo and Juliet
fiar lawrence
No.
Romeo and Juliet
The narrator
The prologue to Romeo and Juliet provides a summary of the play's plot and introduces the theme of fate. It also suggests that the love between the two main characters is doomed from the start.
The deaths of Romeo and Juliet
Romeo & Juliet
Macbeth
Romeo and Juliet
No.
fiar lawrence
Romeo and Juliet
The narrator
(Prolouge line #. )
"In fair Verona, where we lay our scene."
Juliet Capuliet