What are the purposes of a prologue in a play

it tells the entire story so that the audience can in a way expect the tragic ending. And feel the circumstances of the play.

Explanation:

Sometimes it tells you what’s going to happen before it happens.

Sometimes a prologue tells you what is going to happen before it happens.

Explanation: A good example of this is the prologue of Romeo and Juliet, which lays out the story in large portions.

brutus overlooks that the majority of the crowd served julius caesar the military general. he appeals to their citizenship as romans by calling them first by that name in his salutation: "romans, countrymen, lovers." mark antony, however, speaks in terms understood by the military, by calling them first by, "friends, romans, countrymen." he recalls not only caesar the general but caesar the friend, whose body they see covered with stab wounds.

the answer should be b.

explanation:

it should be b because she researched before writing so it would be in past tense. "the author researches her subject before she had written the first draft.