The cyclic pattern set out in the prologue is readily apparent at the beginning, but as the stories progress it begins to disintegrate, mirroring the disintegration of the world of the Israelites.

In its prologue, the author gratuitously insulted Cervantes, who not surprisingly took offense and responded ; the last half of Chapter LIX and most of the following chapters of Cervantes ' Segunda Parte lend some insight into the effects upon him ; Cervantes manages to work in some subtle digs at Avellaneda's own work, and in his preface to Part II, comes very near to criticizing Avellaneda directly.

There are several covenants in the bible, and in each case they exhibit at least some of the elements found in real-life treaties of the ancient Middle East: a preamble, historical prologue, stipulations, deposition and reading, list of witnesses, blessings and curses, and ratification by animal sacrifice.

Some scholars argue that the prologue was taken over from an existing hymn and added at a later stage in the gospel's composition.

" In chronicles, poems, sermons, even in legal documents, an immense sadness, a note of despair and a fashionable sense of suffering and deliquescence at the approaching end of times, suffuses court poets and chroniclers alike: Huizinga quotes instances in the ballads of Eustache Deschamps, " monotonous and gloomy variations of the same dismal theme ", and in Georges Chastellain's prologue to his Burgundian chronicle, and in the late fifteenth-century poetry of Jean Meschinot.

To highlight his evil and villainous rise to power, Ui is compared to Shakespeare's Richard III and Macbeth in both the introductory prologue and in scene 14 when he experiences similar visitations from the ghosts of his victims as Richard and Macbeth do ; while Hitler's own learned prowess at public speaking is referenced by Ui receiving lessons from an actor which include him reciting Mark Antony's famous speech from Julius Caesar.

Significant passages include the beloved Laus Italiae of Book 2, the prologue description of the temple in Book 3, and the description of the plague at the end of Book 3.

The steamship fight in the 1938 portion of the prologue was filmed in three days on a sixty-by-forty-feet deck built on gimbals at Elstree.

Other dwarves appear in passing in two scenes of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring movie: the " prologue " introduces the seven dwarf-lords that received the Rings of Power, and four more are present at the Council of Elrond ( in contrast to the book, where only Gimli and his father Glóin are described ).

Second, in the play Jocasta has not killed herself at the discovery of her incest-otherwise she could not play the prologue, for fathomable reasons-nor has Oedipus fled into exile, but they have stayed in Thebes only to delay their doom until the fatal duel of their sons / brothers / nephews Eteocles and Polynices: Jocasta commits suicide over the two men's dead bodies, and Antigone follows Oedipus into exile.

François Francoeur et François Rebel composed Pirame et Thisbée, a liric tragedy in 5 acts and a prologue, with libretto by Jean-Louis-Ignace de la Serre ; it was played at the Académie royale de musique, on October 17, 1726.

A second use of " the banns " is as the prologue to a play, i. e., a proclamation made at the beginning of a medieval play announcing and summarizing the upcoming play.

During World War I he served in the Merchant Marine, after which he found employment singing as prologue to silent movies at the Grauman " Million Dollar " Theater in downtown Los Angeles.

*: In the prologue of Ultraman Mebius & Ultraman Brothers, Ultraman, Ultra Seven, Ultraman Jack, and Ultraman Ace used this to imprison U-Killersaurs and Yapool in the sea at the cost of their ability to transform.

Thabo Mbeki, keynote speaker at the opening plenary session, wrote the book's prologue.

If you look at the final shot of the opening prologue, which lasts 85 seconds, and was danced completely by Natalie, she exits the scene on pointe.

The US laserdisc adds a few scenes deleted from theatrical release as a bonus at the end of the program, including a prologue wherein Somerset is going to buy a country house.

In the prologue, Massinger ironically apologizes for his ignorance of history, and professes that his accuracy is at fault if his picture comes near " a late and sad example.

For the section of the prologue that is set in 1911, Anderson used a hand-cranked pathé camera that would have been used at the time.

According to his own statement ( prologue to book III ), he was born on the Pierian Mountain in Macedonia, but he seems to have been brought to Italy at an early age, since he mentions reading a verse of Ennius as a boy in school.

Eddie and Ida Cantor were seen in a brief prologue and epilogue set in a projection room, where they are watching Brasselle in action ; at the end of the film Eddie tells Ida, " I never looked better in my life "... and gives the audience a knowing, incredulous look.

The song is also played during prologue in TV movie A Bright Shining Lie ( 1998 ), and in A Home at the End of the World ( 2004 ).

It begins at the prologue, a world being consumed by war and the skies turning to the purple color of sadness following the downfall of the Kingdom of Kahna.

Such was Ramón ’ s insistence on constant novelty that when he published his own survey of the period ’ s Ismos in 1931, its prologue was one of the most notable defences of artistic autonomy and verbal freedom at a time when the avant-garde and surrealism were giving way to socio-political commitment.

More appeared in a 35 minute prologue to The Collector ( 1965 ) at the special request of director William Wyler however it ended up being removed entirely from the final film.

The studio, wary of such a pessimistic conclusion, insisted on adding a prologue and epilogue to the movie that suggested a more optimistic outcome to the story which is thus told mainly in flashback.

The introduction movie serves as a prologue, giving players an idea of the story right from the start.

On April 7, 2011 an animated prologue by Tartakovsky for the horror movie Priest premiered online.

The movie features a prologue and a brief acting role by Criswell, who also narrated Wood's Plan 9 from Outer Space.

The plot, set in Vienna, Mayerling, and Budapest, with a prologue and epilogue in an open air movie theatre in Connecticut, was a retelling of the story of the Mayerling incident.

The film is a prologue to his movie The Darjeeling Limited, in which the song also appears.

The movie also includes real actors ( two kids, Helena Patrocková and Jaromir Sobota ), although only in the prologue that precedes the story itself.

The first ten pages were a prologue, a trailer to another movie with Parker and Longbaugh ( the real last names of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid ) and was " to be shot as slick and hip as possible.

But there is another, deeper problem with their relationship, one that is hinted at in the prologue of the movie as the opening credits roll and then explained near the movie's end.

He selected the prologue from the soundtrack to the movie " Tommy " which provided listeners with an intense train sound separation effect just before Tommy's birth occurred symbolizing a new era for the station, now in stereo.

At the very beginning of the whole series ( either regular GP or extra GP ), there will be a prologue movie for the player to see before the race menu appears.

The prologue of this movie does not make it clear whether or not Phantom F. Harlock survived his mission.

The movie also consisted of a special prequel to the series, entitled, éX-Driver-Nina & Rei Danger Zone, which served as the prologue for the movie, centering on the adventures of two of the former éX-Drivers, Nina and Rei.

In the play's prologue, the god Apollo comes out from Admetus ' palace in Pherae ( modern Velestino in Magnesia ), dressed in white and carrying his golden bow, with the intention of leaving to avoid becoming stained by the imminent death of Alcestis, who is being comforted within.

Rand al ' Thor assumed that she was killed after his balefire destroyed her palace and all inside ; however, it was revealed in Distinctions, the prologue of Towers of Midnight, that she anticipated and avoided the attack.

" In the film version, a prologue set in 1917 shows her performing with her father, while her mother and sister Blanche watch from backstage.