Dramatic monologues are speeches given by a single character in a play that reveal their inner thoughts or motivations. Shakespeare frequently used monologues in his plays to convey complex story elements and character perspectives directly to the audience. The document provides two brief excerpts as examples of dramatic monologues from Shakespeare's plays "As You Like It" and "A Midsummer Night's Dream".

1. Narrative and Dramatic Poetry: monologue The Open Poetry Unit OpenEducation.ws

2. Dramatic monologue A monologue is a speech given by one person.

3. In live theater a monologue is a speech by one character that reveals a character's inner thoughts or motivations.

4. Shakespeare's plays contain some of the most famous monologues.

5. Dramatic Monologue Snippet from Shakespeare's play “As You Like It” All the world's a stage,