Soliloquy Aside and Monologues Or why does everyone

Soliloquy, Aside, and Monologues Or, why does everyone keep talking to themselves?

The Private Thoughts of Characters • It is difficult to show an audience what a character is feeling in a performance • Usually shown thorough their actions or their acting • However! For those in Elizabethan theatre, this would have been too difficult—thus, the self speaking

The Fourth Wall • A stage is made up of four walls: the back and two sides are literal, they’re actually there. • However, those in theatre call the front end “the fourth wall”…it is the invisible wall that the audience looks through to see the action • Characters are in this box and usually do not break out of it, but will sometimes to direct thoughts to audience.

Back Audience

Soliloquy • A soliloquy is when a character is delivering their thoughts • Not usually to anyone in particular, almost them thinking aloud • Usually done when they are alone onstage and considering what had just happened.

Asides • The inner thoughts of a character within a specific moment • Spoken aloud with other actors on the stage, but directed straight at audience—others cannot hear what they are saying • A breaking of the fourth wall to hear their inner thoughts https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=LYnnm 3 L 12 f. A

Monologue • When a character speaks for an elongated period of time to other characters • Usually done in a fit of emotion, and are rarely interrupted by others • The “big speech” that rallies the team, the confession that stuns everyone, the reveal of the master plan • http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=i. Rlh_w 6 u. Rds&t=0 m 42 s