Read this excerpt from the prologue of shakespeare's playw hich best describes the purpose of this excerpt of the henry v, in which king henry is referred to as harry prologue? a kingdom for a stage, princes to act and monarchs to behold the swelling scene! then should the warlike harry, like himself, assume the port of mars, and at his heels, leash'd in like hounds, should famine, sword and fire crouch for employment it predicts what will happen to henry at the end. it states the conflict that occurs at the end of the play. it introduces the characters of henry's enemies. it builds suspense about the war in the play.