ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -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-3: -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.” the act of talking while or as if alone.

Detailed explanation-4: -A soliloquy is a speech that a character in a play speaks aloud, but it can only be heard by that character and the audience. It is used as a way of expressing the inner thoughts and feelings of a character to an audience, or revealing important plot details that we couldn’t otherwise know about.

Detailed explanation-5: -“Thus do I ever make my fool my purse” – Iago, Othello 1.3. “To be or not to be” – Hamlet, Hamlet 3.1. “Farewell.-God knows when we shall meet again” – Juliet, Romeo and Juliet 4.3. “If it were done when ‘tis done” – Macbeth, Macbeth 1.7. More items •07-Jan-2016