soliloquy
/səˈlɪləkwi/
noun
- A speech in a play in which a character speaks their thoughts aloud while alone on stage.
- During the soliloquy, the audience learns the character's secret fears.
- The actor delivered a powerful soliloquy about revenge and justice.
- Hamlet's 'To be or not to be' is one of the most famous soliloquies in English literature.
- The act of speaking one's thoughts aloud, regardless of whether others are present.
- Sometimes a quiet soliloquy helps me sort out my feelings.
- He went into a long soliloquy about the meaning of life while we waited for the bus.
- Her soliloquy in the kitchen was interrupted by the phone ringing.
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