ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -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. It may be addressed to the audience expressly (in character or out) or represent an unspoken thought.

Detailed explanation-2: -If an actor speaks directly to the audience, does something to the audience, or even simply notices the audience, it is known as “breaking the fourth wall". In a movie, or on television, this can be done by the actor speaking directly to the camera. This breaks a boundary normally set up or assumed by works of fiction.

Detailed explanation-3: -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. It tends to be used of formal or literary expressions, such as Hamlet’s soliloquies.

Detailed explanation-4: -A monologue is a speech made by one person speaking his or her thoughts aloud or directly addressing a reader, audience or character. It is a common feature in drama, animated cartoons, and film. The word may also be applied to a poem in the form of the thoughts or speech of a single individual.