ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Soliloquy (from the Latin solus “alone” and loqui “to speak”) at its most basic level refers to the act of talking to oneself, and more specifically denotes the solo utterance of an actor in a drama.

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: -Revealing inner thoughts: A soliloquy gives an audience direct access to a character’s thoughts and feelings, with the result that the audience knows that character and the character’s inner struggles in a unique way.

Detailed explanation-4: -noun, plural so·lil·o·quies. an utterance or discourse by a person who is talking to himself or herself or is disregardful of or oblivious to any hearers present (often used as a device in drama to disclose a character’s innermost thoughts): Hamlet’s soliloquy begins with “To be or not to be.”