Soliloquy Dramatic Monologue 7 December 2020 PRESENTATION CREATED BY KOPAL VATS, MLSU 1 Soliloquy A soliloquy (pronounced so-LILL-oh-kwee) is a kind of monologue, or an extended speech by one character. In a soliloquy, though, the speech
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Soliloquy & Dramatic Monologue 7 December 2020 PRESENTATION CREATED BY KOPAL VATS, MLSU 1<br>
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Soliloquy A soliloquy (pronounced so-LILL-oh-kwee) is a kind of monologue, or an extended speech by one character. In a soliloquy, though, the speech is not given to another character, and there is no one around to hear it. Instead of another character, the soliloquy is delivered to a surrogate, to the audience, or to no one in particular. 7 December 2020 PRESENTATION CREATED BY KOPAL VATS, MLSU 2<br>
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Types of Soliloquy To oneself
This is probably the most common form of soliloquy – the character is simply “thinking out loud” or talking to an empty room. This is a way of taking their “inner monologue” and externalizing it.
b. To a surrogate
In some soliloquies, the speaker is talking to an object rather than a character. For example, they may be speaking to a stuffed animal, an inanimate object, or a pet. (Of course, if the pet can talk and is a character, as is often the case in cartoons, then this would be a monologue rather than a soliloquy.) In some cases, a character will speak to a corpse or part of a corpse – for example, the head of a slain enemy. This is still considered a soliloquy, since the corpse is no longer a living character capable of hearing the speech. 7 December 2020 PRESENTATION CREATED BY KOPAL VATS, MLSU 3<br>
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Types of Soliloquy C. To the audience
Every once in a while, a character will turn around and speak directly to the audience. This may be part of a framing narrative, (e.g. “sit and listen while I tell you a tale…”), or it might be delivered at any point in the plot. This kind of soliloquy is a lot like an aside, but longer. 7 December 2020 PRESENTATION CREATED BY KOPAL VATS, MLSU 4<br>
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Example The soliloquy "To be, or not to be" is a centerpiece of Shakespeare's Hamlet.
https://youtu.be/Vf2TpWsPvgI 7 December 2020 PRESENTATION CREATED BY KOPAL VATS, MLSU 5<br>
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Dramatic Monologue A monologue is a lengthy speech by a single person. In a play, when a character utters a monologue that expresses his or her private thoughts, it is called a soliloquy. Dramatic monologue, however, does not designate a component in a play, but a type of lyrìc poem. 7 December 2020 PRESENTATION CREATED BY KOPAL VATS, MLSU 6<br>
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The dramatic monologue has the following features - (1) A single person, who is patently not the poet, utters the speech that makes up the whole of the poem, in a specific situation at a critical moment.
(2) This person addresses and interacts with one or more other people; but we know of the auditor’s presence, and what they say and do, only from clues in the discourse of the single speaker.
(3) The main principle controlling the poet's formulation of what the lyric speaker says is to reveal to the reader, in a way that enhances its interest, the speaker's temperament and character.
Example- “The Last Duchess” by Robert Browning https://youtu.be/RbTHQjobJlM 7 December 2020 PRESENTATION CREATED BY KOPAL VATS, MLSU 7<br>
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Sources Wikipedia contributors. "Soliloquy." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 5 Dec. 2020. Web. 6 Dec. 2020.
https://literaryterms.net/soliloquy/
A Glossary of Literary Terms/ Seventh Edition by M. H. Abram 7 December 2020 PRESENTATION CREATED BY KOPAL VATS, MLSU 8<br>
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Thanks… 7 December 2020 PRESENTATION CREATED BY KOPAL VATS, MLSU 9<br>
