soliloquy

English - Turkish

Definition of soliloquy in English Turkish dictionary: soliloquizekendi kendine konuşmak; {i} monolog, oyuncunun kendi kendine yaptığı konuşma; {i} monolog; {i} kendi kendine konuşma

English - English

Definition of soliloquy in English English dictionary: A speech or written discourse in this form; To issue a soliloquy; The act of a character speaking to himself so as to reveal his thoughts to the audience
At the end of the second act the main villain gave a soliloquy detailing his plans to attack the protagonist.; a monologue; {n} a talking to one's self; a (usually long) dramatic speech intended to give the illusion of unspoken reflections; A written composition, reciting what it is supposed a person says to himself; a dramatic convention in which an actor, alone on the stage, speaks his or her thoughts aloud; A speech spoken by one character alone on stage; A talking to oneself; the discourse of a person speaking to himself, whether alone or in the presence of others It gives the illusion of being unspoken reflections (See also Dramatic Monologue, Interior Monologue); Eve talks directly to camera expressing her thoughts, often about the way human beings relate to each other in the manner of an amateur anthropologist This is a soliloquy Usually she tells the truth when she does this but occasionally she "subverts" the form and tells a lie! When she does this we would call the form a monologue Most television soaps do not use this technique, as they prefer instead to maintain the illusion that we are watching every day life as a "fly on the wall" In the theatre we call the convention of communicating directly with an audience, "breaking the fourth wall"; A soliloquy is a speech in a play in which an actor or actress speaks to himself or herself and to the audience, rather than to another actor. soliloquies a speech in a play in which a character, usually alone on the stage, talks to himself or herself so that the audience knows their thoughts monologue. Dramatic monologue that gives the illusion of being a series of unspoken reflections. An accepted dramatic convention in the 16th-17th centuries, it was used artfully by William Shakespeare to reveal the minds of his characters. Pierre Corneille emphasized its lyricism, while Jean Racine favoured it for dramatic effect. Overused in English Restoration plays (1660-85), it fell into disfavour. Rejected by prose dramatists such as Henrik Ibsen, it was seldom used in late 19th-century naturalist drama. Many 20th-century dramatists also avoided the soliloquy as artificial, though Tennessee Williams and Arthur Miller, among others, adapted it by introducing narrators who alternately mused on the action and took part in it. It has been used by contemporary playwrights such as John Guare and Brian Friel, and the illusion that the characters are confiding in the audience has proved acceptable to a culture accustomed to the interview and the documentary film; {i} act of speaking to oneself; dramatic or literary form in which the character speaks to himself or to the audience; speech made by one who is by himself, monologue; a speech often used to reveal thoughts or feelings that is delivered by a character in a play to him or herself, or directly to the audience; a monologue in which the character in a play is alone and speaking only to him- or herself Close Window; a (usually long) dramatic speech intended to give the illusion of unspoken reflections speech you make to yourself; A speech delivered by an actor either while alone on stage or unheard by the other characters, generally so constructed as to indicate the inner feelings of a character; The act of talking to one's self; a discourse made by one in solitude to one's self; monologue; speech you make to yourself; When a character is alone on stage and speaks, usually to the audience; A speech given by a character as if he were alone
soliloquies: plural of soliloquy