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soliloquy Film characters never have onscreen soliloquies, though they may tell us their thoughts in a voiceover. səˈlɪləkwi

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A dramatic speech that represents a series of unspoken thoughts. Since solus means “alone” in Latin, soliloquies take place when a character is alone onstage, or maybe spotlighted off to one side of a dark stage. Novels have no trouble in expressing to the reader a character's personal thoughts, but such expression is less natural to stage drama. The soliloquies of Shakespeare—in Hamlet (“To be or not to be”), Macbeth (“Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow”), Romeo and Juliet (“But soft! what light from yonder window breaks”), etc.—are the most famous, but modern playwrights such as Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller, and Sam Shepard have also employed them.

word	soliloquy
definition	A dramatic speech that represents a series of unspoken thoughts.
eg_sentence	Film characters never have onscreen soliloquies, though they may tell us their thoughts in a voiceover.
explanation	Since solus means “alone” in Latin, soliloquies take place when a character is alone onstage, or maybe spotlighted off to one side of a dark stage. Novels have no trouble in expressing to the reader a character's personal thoughts, but such expression is less natural to stage drama. The soliloquies of Shakespeare—in Hamlet (“To be or not to be”), Macbeth (“Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow”), Romeo and Juliet (“But soft! what light from yonder window breaks”), etc.—are the most famous, but modern playwrights such as Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller, and Sam Shepard have also employed them.
IPA	səˈlɪləkwi

Soliloquies Dramatic Speech Represents Series Unspoken Thoughts Film