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1. Describe the narrative style of the Prologue to The Cruel Prince. From what perspective is this part of the story related? Why?

The Prologue to The Cruel Prince comes from the perspective of a third-person limited narrator with focus on the novel's protagonist, Jude Duarte. The author employs a third-person narrator in only this section of the novel to establish the basic back-story of Jude's parents and the events that led to her living in Faerie.

2. What is the importance of the information related in Chapter 1?

Chapter 1 is comprised of only one sentence: "In Faerie, there are no fish sticks, no ketchup, no television" (8). The author uses this sentence to establish the changes that Jude and her sisters encountered when they were taken from the mortal world and brought to the land of Faerie.

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