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noun
- 1. an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play: "Edmund ends the scene as he had begun it, with a soliloquy"
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SOLILOQUY definition: 1. a speech in a play that the character speaks to himself or herself or to the people watching…. Learn more.
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.
A soliloquy is a literary device, most often found in dramas, in which a character speaks to him or herself, relating his or her innermost thoughts and feelings as if thinking aloud.
Definition of Soliloquy. A soliloquy is a literary device in the form of a speech or monologue spoken by a single character in a theatrical play or drama. The purpose of a soliloquy is for the character to express their inner thoughts and feelings that are not intended to be heard or known by other characters in the play or the audience members.
Soliloquy definition: an utterance or discourse spoken to oneself, without regard for whether any other hearers are present (often used as a device in drama to disclose a character's innermost thoughts). See examples of SOLILOQUY used in a sentence.
A soliloquy is a dramatic speech that reveals a character's inner thoughts and reflections. Some of the most famous lines in drama are taken from soliloquies. Hamlet's famous "To be or not to be" speech is a soliloquy, for example.
soliloquy. (səlɪləkwi ) Word forms: plural soliloquies. countable noun. A soliloquy is a speech in a play in which an actor speaks to himself or herself and to the audience, rather than to another actor. Now it was time for his soliloquy. Synonyms: monologue, address, speech, aside More Synonyms of soliloquy. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner ...
1. a. A monologue in which a character talks to himself or herself or reveals his or her thoughts when alone or unaware of the presence of other characters. b. A specific speech or piece of writing in this form. 2. The act of speaking to oneself.
a speech in a play in which a character, who is alone on the stage, speaks his or her thoughts; the act of speaking thoughts in this way. Hamlet’s famous soliloquy, ‘To be or not to be…’. the playwright’s use of soliloquy. compare monologue.
A soliloquy is a 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.
