Assertion: prologue | /r/CapableOf | straddle boundary
Facets:
value: in ushering the audience
type: PURPOSE
value: between characters
type: LOCATION
value: between audience
type: LOCATION
value: between actors
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: In ushering the audience from the reality into the world of the play, the prologue straddles boundaries between audience, actors, characters, playwrights—basically, it creates a distinction between the imaginary space within the play and the outside world.:2 Ben Jonson has often been noted as using the prologue to remind the audience of the complexities between themselves and all aspects of the performance.