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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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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.
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.
SOLILOQUY definition: 1. a speech in a play that the character speaks to himself or herself or to the people watching…. Learn more.
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.
A soliloquy (/ s ə ˈ l ɪ l. ə. k w i, s oʊ ˈ l ɪ l. oʊ-/, from Latin solo "to oneself" + loquor "I talk", plural soliloquies) is a monologue addressed to oneself and audience, with thoughts spoken out loud without addressing another character.
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 ...
noun. /səˈlɪləkwi/ [countable, uncountable] (plural soliloquies) 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. Wordfinder. Topics Film and theatre c2.
A soliloquy (pronounced so-LILL-oh-kwee) is a kind of monologue, or an extended speech by one character. In a soliloquy, though, the speech is not given to another character, and there is no one around to hear it. Instead of another character, the soliloquy is delivered to a surrogate, to the audience, or to no one in particular. II.
