ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -In a story or play, a character may turn to the audience to make an observation or quippy remark that the other characters can’t hear. This act is referred to as an aside in literature.

Detailed explanation-2: -An aside is a dramatic device in which a character speaks to the audience. By convention, the audience is to realize that the character’s speech is unheard by the other characters on stage.

Detailed explanation-3: -An aside is when a fictional character breaks away from the events of the story to talk to themselves or directly to the audience.

Detailed explanation-4: -An aside is a speech or short comment that a character delivers directly to an audience. A key characteristic of an aside is that other characters on screen or on stage (in a play) appear not to hear the speech or comment.

Detailed explanation-5: -1. : an utterance not meant to be heard by someone. especially : an actor’s speech heard by the audience but supposedly not by other characters. : a comment or discussion that does not relate directly to the main subject being discussed : digression.