That shining moment when all eyes are focused on a single actor who is desperately aware that if he forgets a line, no one can save him Bit Part An opportunity for the actor with the smallest role to count everybody else's lines and mention repeatedly that he or she has the smallest part in the show
A piece of oral or written literature (e g , a story, poem or part of a play) spoken by one person who exposes inner thoughts and provides insights into his or her character
a (usually long) dramatic speech by a single actor a long utterance by one person (especially one that prevents others from participating in the conversation)
(contrast with soliloquy and interior monologue) An interior monologue represents not spoken words, but rather the internal or emotional thoughts or feelings of an individual, such as William Faulkner's long interior monologues within The Sound and The Fury Monologue can also be used to refer to a character speaking aloud to himself, or narrating an account to an audience with no other character on stage
A monologue is a long speech which is spoken by one person as an entertainment, or as part of an entertainment such as a play. a monologue based on the writing of Quentin Crisp. a long speech by one person soliloquy, dialogue dialogue
If you refer to a long speech by one person during a conversation as a monologue, you mean it prevents other people from talking or expressing their opinions. Morris ignored the question and continued his monologue
a part of a play in which one character speaks alone; soliloquy Monologue is a piece of oral or written literature (e g , a story, poem or part of a play) spoken by one person who exposes inner thoughts and provides insights into his or her character
A composition, written or oral, by a single individual More specifically, a speech given by a single individual in a drama or other public entertainment It has no set length, although it is usually several or more lines long An example of an "extended monologue" that is, a monologue of great length and seriousness occurs in the one-Act, one-character play The Stronger by August Strindberg (Compare with Interior Monologue and Soliloquy )