LITERATURE QUESTIONS
ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE
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quietly spoken off-stage.
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both discussions between two characters.
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spoken directly to the audience.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Soliloquies are longer speeches, much like monologues, but more private. Soliloquies and asides CANNOT be heard by the other characters onstage. Soliloquies and asides are spoken directly to the audience, or as private words to the self.
Detailed explanation-2: -Soliloquy and aside are two important literary devices used in drama, including Shakespearean plays like “Hamlet.” A soliloquy is a monologue that reveals a character’s innermost thoughts and feelings to the audience, while an aside is a brief remark made to the audience, as if speaking to themselves.
Detailed explanation-3: -Audience: An aside is a direct address to the audience that other characters aren’t privy to, whereas a soliloquy is the act of talking to oneself, regardless of who can hear.
Detailed explanation-4: -A dramatic monologue (q.v.) is any speech of some duration addressed by a character to a second person. A soliloquy (q.v.) is a type of monologue in which a character directly addresses an audience or speaks his thoughts aloud while alone or while the other actors keep silent.
Detailed explanation-5: -Both a soliloquy and an aside are spoken by a character in a play, their words being directed to the audience but with the conceit that the other characters on stage do not hear them.