Narrative and Dramatic Poetry: monologue

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Dramatic monologue
A monologue is a speech given by one person.
In live theater a monologue is a speech by one character that reveals a character's inner thoughts or motivations.
Shakespeare's plays contain some of the most famous monologues.

Dramatic Monologue
Snippet from Shakespeare's play “As You Like It”
All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts,
His acts being seven ages. At first the infant,
Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms;
And then the whining school-boy, with his satchel
And shining morning face, creeping like snail
Unwillingly to school. And then the lover, ...

Dramatic Monologue
Monologues reveal generally reveal information that would be other wise hard to convey to the audience.
Monologues are often characters that are “thinking aloud.”
Shakespeare used them to let characters help explain complex stories to the audience. This speech is given to a girl in the woods.

Dramatic Monologue
Snippet from Shakespeare's “A Midsummer Night's Dream”
And here the maiden, sleeping sound,
On the dank and dirty ground.
Pretty soul! she durst not lie
Near this lack-love, this kill-courtesy.
Churl, upon thy eyes I throw
All the power this charm doth owe.
When thou wakest, let love forbid
Sleep his seat on thy eyelid:
So awake when I am gone;
For I must now to Oberon.

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