soliloquy

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Probably in a great many cases, the original impulse which led Browning to plan a soliloquy was a kind of anger mixed with curiosity; possibly the first charcoal sketch of Blougram was a caricature of a priest.

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  1. noun A dramatic or literary form of discourse in which a character talks to himself or herself or reveals his or her thoughts without addressing a listener.
  2. noun A specific speech or piece of writing in this form of discourse.
  3. noun The act of speaking to oneself.

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  • Probably in a great many cases, the original impulse which led Browning to plan a soliloquy was a kind of anger mixed with curiosity; possibly the first charcoal sketch of Blougram was a caricature of a priest. —  Robert Browning
  • This supports my argument as to the great soliloquy--that it was death as the result of his slaying the king, or attempting to do so, not death by suicide, he was thinking of: he expected to die himself in the punishing of his uncle Footnote 14: He had had no chance but that when the king was on his knees Footnote 15: 'a fancy and illusion Footnote 16: 'which is too small for those engaged to find room to fight on it Footnote 17: 'continent,' containing space Footnote 18: This soliloquy is antithetic to the other. —  The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark A Study with the Text of the Folio of 1623
  • In some of the most interesting situations it is in fact even more natural than the oral drama, logically it is more perfect; for the soliloquy is actually thought before us, and the magic of the representation not destroyed by the sound of the human voice at a moment when we all know man never speaks The curtain again rises. —  Vivian Grey
  • Oh The end of her soliloquy was a shriek. —  Ruth Fielding at Snow Camp Or, Lost in the Backwoods
  • The end of her soliloquy was a shriek. —  Ruth Fielding at Snow Camp Or, Lost in the Backwoods
 

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  1. Late Latin sōliloquium : Latin sōlus, alone; see s(w)e- in Indo-European roots + Latin loquī, to speak; see tolkw- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = French soliloque = Spanish Portuguese Italian soliloquio, from Late Latin soliloquium, a talking to one's self, from solus, alone, + loqui, speak.
 

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/səˈlɪləkwi/
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