Soliloquy

Definitions

1. The act of a character speaking to themselves so as to reveal their thoughts to the audience.
   countable, uncountable
2. A speech or written discourse in this form.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“At the end⟳ of the second act the main villain gave a soliloquy detailing his plans to attack the protagonist.”

“Yet if I were to say⟳ […] that Hamlet's soliloquy had been much over-rated, it would not be said, on this account, that I was unable to appreciate Shakespeare.”

“The feeling of Singleton's bosom grew heightened in its tone of melancholy, and a more passionate emphasis of thought broke forth in his half-muttered soliloquy:— ¶"How I remember⟳ as I look⟳ […]”

“Here is a very over-simplified example, this time expressed in the form⟳ of a subjective soliloquy rather than a computer simulation.”

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