Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 14 AIL 1306 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Stage Direction Before It
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The idea
Immediately before the speech the text prints a direction: the King and Polonius conceal themselves. The most famous soliloquy in English is delivered with two men listening from hiding, and the audience has watched them hide.
In practice
Two men are listening, hidden.
Where people slip
The audience saw them conceal themselves.
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