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Epilogue - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Epilogue : (noun)
1: a short speech (often in verse) addressed directly to the
audience by an actor at the end of a play [syn: epilog]
2: a short passage added at the end of a literary work; "the
epilogue told what eventually happened to the main
characters" [syn: epilog]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Epilogue : \Ep"i*logue\ (?; 115), n. [F. ['e]pilogue, L. epilogus,
fr. Gr. ? conclusion, fr. ? to say in addition; 'epi` upon,
besides _ ? to say. See Legend.]
1. (Drama) A speech or short poem addressed to the spectators
and recited by one of the actors, after the conclusion of
the play.
A good play no epilogue, yet . . . good plays prove
the better by the help of good epilogues. --Shak.
2. (Rhet.) The closing part of a discourse, in which the
principal matters are recapitulated; a conclusion.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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