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Jackson6612 Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
A dramatic monologue that represents a series of unspoken reflections
Whar are 'unspoken reflections'?
soliloquy
2 : a dramatic monologue that represents a series of unspoken reflections
soliloquy
2 : a dramatic monologue that represents a series of unspoken reflections
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] as a result of meditation". "unspoken" is arguably slightly misleading since a dramatic monologue of course is spoken. Perhaps they feel the word "represents" covers that.
- ] as a result of meditation".
- "unspoken" is arguably slightly misleading since a dramatic monologue of course is spoken.
- Perhaps they feel the word "represents" covers that.
- In any case, "unspoken" means that the remarks aren't spoken to any of the other characters in the play (or film, or whatever), or heard by them, or known to them.
- It's a kind of "thinking out loud" -- an artificial device that lets the audience know what's going on in the character's mind.
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"reflections" has sense 6 in the M-W online dictionary: "a thought, idea, or opinion formed [...] as a result of meditation".
"unspoken" is arguably slightly misleading since a dramatic monologue of course is spoken. Perhaps they feel the word "represents" covers that. In any case, "unspoken" means that the remarks aren't spoken to any of the other characters in the play (or film,
"unspoken" is arguably slightly misleading since a dramatic monologue of course is spoken. Perhaps they feel the word "represents" covers that. In any case, "unspoken" means that the remarks aren't spoken to any of the other characters in the play (or film,
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