ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -In theatre, a monologue (from Greek: , from mónos, “alone, solitary” and lógos, “speech") is a speech presented by a single character, most often to express their thoughts aloud, though sometimes also to directly address another character or the audience.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -soliloquy, passage in a drama in which a character expresses his thoughts or feelings aloud while either alone upon the stage or with the other actors keeping silent.

Detailed explanation-4: -Ever see someone talking while alone on a stage? That’s what you call a soliloquy-a speech made by a character in a drama as if that character is voicing their own private thoughts. Shakespeare’s plays are full of soliloquies.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.”