How does the Prologue in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet relate to the features of traditional prologues?

The
purpose of a
is to introduce to the reader
background
information that is pertinent to
understanding
the story. A lot of times such background information can be

introduced in the actual narrative of the story; however, sometimes doing so can slow
down the
story, or sometimes it's impossible to relay the background
information without making use of a
flashback in time. Therefore, adding a
prologue is a useful way to introduce such information,
as well as introduce
characters and . The Prologue to , like all prologues,

certainly does introduce the pertinent background
information that
would have been especially difficult to relay
in the story in its...

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