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Soliloquy

A soliloquy (/səˈlɪl.ə.kwi, soʊˈlɪl.oʊ-/, from Latin solus 'alone' and loqui 'to speak', pl. soliloquies) is a monologue in drama in which a character speaks their thoughts aloud, typically while alone on stage or onscreen. It is used to reveal the character's inner feelings, motivations, or plans directly to the audience, providing information that…

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Shakespearean soliloquy

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Non-western drama

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related to English Renaissance and neoclassical reaction · 22
Soliloquy → Aristotle's Poetics, As, As You Like It, Ben Jonson, Christopher Marlowe, Direct, English, English Renaissance, French, From, If, In, Macbeth, Playwrights, Renaissance, Restoration, Richard II, Rosalind's, Shakespeare's, The
related to Criticisms and reception · 19
Soliloquy → Anton Chekhov, Bertolt Brecht, Bradley, Critics, Hamlet's, Harold Bloom, Henrik Ibsen, However, In, Particularly, Playwrights, Realist, Renaissance, Samuel Beckett, Samuel Johnson, Scholars, The, To, William Shakespeare's
related to In Shakespeare's other works · 18
Soliloquy → Act, Brutus's, Caesar, Edgar's, Ganymede, Iago's, In As You Like, In Julius Caesar, In Othello, It, King Lear, Not, Orlando's, Othello, Poor Tom, Rome, Rosalind's, Scene
related to Origins to early renaissance · 14
Soliloquy → AD, BC, Delivered, Euripides, Greek, In, Medea, Renaissance, Roman, Seneca, Senecan, Soliloquy-like, The Senecan, These
related to 20th century · 11
Soliloquy → Arthur Miller's Death, Estelle, Garcin, Glass Menagerie, His, In Tennessee Williams's The, Jean-Paul Sartre's No Exit, Salesman, These, Tom Wingfield, Willy Loman
related to Revival and modern period · 11
Soliloquy → Although, Anton Chekhov, Concurrently, During, Henrik Ibsen, In, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Poetic, Robert Browning, Romantic, Victorian
related to Etymology · 10
Soliloquy → Augustine's, CE, Early Christian, English, In, Latin, Renaissance-era, Saint Augustine, Soliloquia, The
related to 19th century · 9
Soliloquy → Doll's House, Faust, Goethe's Faust, Henrik Ibsen's, Johann Wolfgang, Mephistopheles, Nora Helmer, Part, These
related to In Hamlet · 9
Soliloquy → Act, Claudius, During, Hamlet's, In, King Claudius, Scene, To, While
related to Non-western drama · 9
Soliloquy → Bhāsa, European Renaissance-era, In, Indian Sanskrit, Kālidāsa, The, These, Western, While

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soliloquies characters audience character's character dramatic thoughts speech internal speeches drama act often narrative monologues use direct scene inner dialogue

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Soliloquyis aspeech delivered by a character who is alone on stage or who believes themselves to be alone0.90text
Medea articulate their motivationsinstance ofprotagonists0.80text
emotional turmoil in asides that frame their subsequent actionsinstance ofprotagonists0.80text
Christopher Marloweinstance ofPlaywrights0.80text
Thomas Kydinstance ofPlaywrights0.80text
and Ben Jonson employed extended solo speeches to reveal hidden motivesinstance ofPlaywrights0.80text
advance intricate plotsinstance ofPlaywrights0.80text
and heighten dramatic ironyinstance ofPlaywrights0.80text
Percy Bysshe Shelleyinstance ofPoetic dramas by authors0.80text
Robert Browning featured extended speeches that foregrounded characters' inner experiencesinstance ofPoetic dramas by authors0.80text
House of Cardsinstance ofTelevision series0.80text
Hamlet'sinstance ofexemplified by speeches0.80text

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