...Henry flll. The prologue announces a subject which is of the very essence of Aristotle's definition : I come no more to make you laugh; things now That...woe, Such noble scenes as draw the eye to flow We here present. Yet the play has room for the typically Shakespearian scene of the crowd and the testy...

...no violent action, no on-stage deaths, and little comedy; indeed, the Prologue's opening words are I come no more to make you laugh. Things now That...serious brow, Sad, high, and working, full of state and woeSuch noble scenes as draw the eye to flow We now present. Emphasizing that the play will present...

...of exemplary history, the most heroic kind, the prologue emphasizes its concern with noble behavior: Such noble scenes as draw the eye to flow. We now...well, let fall a tear: The subject will deserve it. (11. 4-7) The same might be said of many an Arthurian romance or of The Two Noble Kinsmen. Some of...

...assured of his power to guide his audience's emotions is suggested by the Prologue to Henry VIII.2 I come no more to make you laugh; things now That...noble scenes as draw the eye to flow, We now present. Be sad, as we would make ye. Think ye see The very persons of our noble story As they were living;...

...the thing"; it decisively influenced the later development of the Chinese yongwu. • 8 • Politics I come no more to make you laugh: things now That...noble scenes as draw the eye to flow We now present. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, Henry Vlll POLITICS is the grand theme in Du Fu's oeuvre. In fact, it was a crucial...

...no violent action, no on-stage deaths, and little comedy; indeed, the Prologue's opening words are I come no more to make you laugh. Things now That...noble scenes as draw the eye to flow We now present. Emphasizing that the play will present 'truth', he draws attention too to the exemplary nature of the...

...servants, guards, attendants, common people King Henry VIII, or All is True Prologue Enter Prologue PROLOGUE I come no more to make you laugh . Things...to flow We now present . Those that can pity here 5 May, if they think it well, let fall a tear; The subject will deserve it. Such as give Their money...

...best entertainment for royal wedding celebrations? The mood Shakespeare set is quite apparent from the Prologue: I come no more to make you laugh; things...noble scenes as draw the eye to flow, We now present. ending, after an exhortation to 'Think ye see/ The very persons of our noble story' with the doom-laden:...

...individuals would have to be held with a looser rein, as the Prologue to Henry the Eighth mockingly explains: Those that can pity here May, if they think it well,...Such as give Their money out of hope they may believe Mav here find truth too. Those that come to see Onlv a show or two, and so agree The play may pass,...

...to make you laugh." The emphasis instead falls on "woe," "noble," and "flow": Things now, That beare a Weighty, and a Serious Brow, Sad, high, and working,...Noble Scenes, as draw the Eye to flow We now present. The audience to Henry VIII are flattered as "gentle Hearers," indeed "The First and Happiest Hearers...