Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 14 AIL 1304 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Monologue Against Soliloquy
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The idea
A monologue is a long speech delivered to other characters who are present; a soliloquy is delivered alone. The glossary defines neither, though it defines dramatic monologue as a poetic form. Audience is the whole distinction: who else can hear.
In practice
Who else can hear decides it.
Where people slip
The glossary defines only the poem form.
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