Thursday, August 04, 2005

Soliloquy

so·lil·o·quy (sə-lĭl'ə-kwē)
n., pl. -quies.

A dramatic or literary form of discourse in which a character talks to himself or herself or reveals his or her thoughts without addressing a listener.
A specific speech or piece of writing in this form of discourse.
The act of speaking to oneself.
[Late Latin sōliloquium : Latin sōlus, alone + Latin loquī, to speak.]

soliloquy, the speech by a character in a literary composition, usually a play, delivered while the speaker is either alone addressing the audience directly or the other actors are silent. It is most commonly used to reveal the innermost concerns or thoughts of the speaker, thus pointing up the drama of internal conflict, as in Richard III's opening speech, “Now is the winter of our discontent.” The form was quite popular in Elizabethan drama, notably in the plays of Shakespeare. The soliloquy may also act simply as a vehicle for information about absent characters or events occurring at some other time or place. In the modern theater the soliloquy has tended to disappear completely, although experimentations in its use were attempted by such playwrights as Eugene O'Neill, who sought through the soliloquy to achieve a greater psychological realism.

The noun soliloquy has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: speech you make to yourself
Synonym: monologue

Meaning #2: a (usually long) dramatic speech intended to give the illusion of unspoken reflections

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i'm bored
how bored?
very bored.
poor little me.
bored bored bored.
very very bored.
bores boring bored.
am i really that bored?
i'm bored.

on a more interesting note, i found out that krispy kreme is really a us and canadian product and NOT a malaysian-almost-every-'c'-must-use-'k' product in their looks-really-interesting-but-totally-isn't extremely uninteresting website.

oh. and its raining cats and dogs.

*sigh*

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