ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Internal monologue (also known as inner monologue or interior monologue) is a literary device that allows the reader to observe the inner thoughts of characters in a narrative.

Detailed explanation-2: -Soliloquy is the word we traditionally use to refer to a monologue that is delivered when the character is alone. In Shakespeare’s plays, for example, there are many speeches that begin with a character saying something like “Now I am alone.” And you know you are about to experience a soliloquy.

Detailed explanation-3: -Put more bluntly: even though a soliloquy reveals a character’s thoughts, it is a speech-act. A soliloquy must be spoken in order to be a soliloquy, while an inner monologue by definition will never be spoken: it’s a record of a character’s thoughts.

Detailed explanation-4: -An internal monologue, also called self-talk, inner speech, inner discourse or internal discourse, is a person’s inner voice which provides a running verbal monologue of thoughts while they are conscious. It is usually tied to a person’s sense of self.

Detailed explanation-5: -Soliloquy (monologue in drama) Dramatic monologue. Operatic monologue. Comic monologue. Monologuing.