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a speech you make to yourself or as a long uninterrupted part of a conversation- Perhaps the best known soliloquy is written by Shakespeare in Hamlet: "To be, or not to be: that is the question..."
soliloquy = a speech you make to yourself
- By the end of his soliloquy Hamlet concludes that he should not murder Duncan.
- These observations were partly addressed to the old gentleman, partly to Kate, and partly delivered in soliloquy.Dickens, Charles -- The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
- The Countess now occupies the stage alone, and indulges in a soliloquy which develops her character.Collins, Wilkie -- The Haunted Hotel
- Hamlet's soliloquy, you know; the most celebrated thing in Shakespeare.Mark Twain -- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- I had chosen drama simply because I liked Hamlet's soliloquy beginning, "To be, or not to be."Maya Angelou -- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
- Augustus stopped speaking long enough that I figured the soliloquy was over.John Green -- The Fault in Our Stars
- After Edna's long soliloquy ended, we continued down the road to Lois's house.Pat Conroy -- The Water is Wide
- Through the screen she listened to the flow of Nathan's soliloquy.William Styron -- Sophie's Choice
- There was a noise of hobnails on the bricks in the bar, and Mrs. Hall had very reluctantly to leave the rest of his soliloquy.H.G. Wells -- The Invisible Man
- ....Mr. Kean Also: (by special request) Hamlet's Immortal Soliloquy!Mark Twain -- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- The duke told him, and then says: "I'll answer by doing the Highland fling or the sailor's hornpipe; and you—well, let me see—oh, I've got it—you can do Hamlet's soliloquy."Mark Twain -- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- "You know, Stingo, I just thought of something," Sophie said, breaking in at some point on my soliloquy.William Styron -- Sophie's Choice
- In fact, the only times I had heard the soliloquy had been when I had melodramatically recited to myself.Maya Angelou -- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
- In the small hours of that morning, after her long soliloquy, I had to put Sophie into bed—pour her into bed, as we used to say in those days.William Styron -- Sophie's Choice
- The English teacher had helped him to create a sermon winging through Hamlet's soliloquy.Maya Angelou -- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
- Bleeding heart continues his soliloquy.Pat Conroy -- The Water is Wide
- It's cancer, I thought all during Sophie's little soliloquy.William Styron -- Sophie's Choice
- "I am in the midst of a soliloquy! I wrote this out and memorized it and if you interrupt me I will completely screw it up," Augustus interrupted.John Green -- The Fault in Our Stars
- ...for example—the soliloquy which I have tried to transcribe as accurately as I have been able to remember it—is, I am now certain, made up mostly of the truth.William Styron -- Sophie's Choice
soliloquy = speech to himself
soliloquy = a speech made to oneself
soliloquy = a speech you make to yourself or as a long uninterrupted part of a conversation
soliloquy = long speech
soliloquy = a speech you make to yourself or as a long uninterrupted part of a conversation
soliloquy = a speech you make to yourself or as a long uninterrupted part of a conversation
soliloquy = a speech you make to yourself or as a long uninterrupted part of a conversation
soliloquy = a speech made to oneself
soliloquy = a speech made to oneself