Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 14 AIL 1328 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Why Asides Tend Comic
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The idea
The convention that nobody hears is transparently artificial, and artifice that everyone can see tends toward comedy. A soliloquy asks an audience to forget the theatre; an aside asks them to enjoy it. That is a real difference in what each device does.
In practice
One hides the theatre, one enjoys it.
Where people slip
The artifice is visible on purpose.
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