Besides the introductory and informative function, prologues of Seneca’s tragedies fulfill a function in setting, so that recipients of these are introduced into the drama and the characters’ pazos. For this purpose the autor designs the prologue as a sketch of tragedy, where elements that constitute a tragic drama -conflict and major and minor characters- are targeted with more or less independency of the main story. The variety of these pieces reveals the author’s experimenter will.... [Leer más...]