Dramatic monologue

disguised diction, figurative language, and imagery to uphold Faustus’ dismay at his hellish fate. This passage is abundant with examples supporting the use of aforementioned dramatic conventions in Faustus’ monologue, which allude to his overall state of mind. Diction, such as the continued use of “Faustus” in said character’s monologue implies a third person narrative, which allows readers to confirm suspicions of the characters inability to accept his own decisions. This difficulty is direct…

much by thee! Why had I one?”. The monologue is also focused on disappointment and anger which is obvious in the third line where he says “do not live Hero do not ope thine eyes” Cleary stating that he would rather have his daughter dead than have a daughter with an unclean and unfaithful reputation on her name and her families. The significance of my monologue in this play is also through the disowning of Hero and how ashamed he is to be her father. His monologue expressing such disappointment…

to sleep with the shy mistress and that they should seize the day because time never stops and no matter what they do time will continue to pass. The poem’s rhythm of alternating unstressed and stressed syllables puts an emphasis on the speakers monologue. This iambic tetrameter conveys the urgency the speaker feels to have sex with the mistress. An example of this in the poem is the lines Now let us sport us while we may, And now, like amorous…

Scholars often refer to Housman’s poem in two ways, as an elegy and as a dramatic monologue. How would you describe the poem? (Elegy: a poem of lament or somber reflection. Dramatic Monologue: poem where the speaker assumes a character, revealed in speech, in relation to a significant event) - I think that this poem is a dramatic monologue. Because instead of putting himself as a poem he put himself as a athlete. He is really talking about him and his integrity…

I examined the eponymous character’s monologue from Euripides’s dramatic play “Medea”, first performed in Athens in the fourth century B.C. This work serves to lay out the reasons for a woman in Ancient Greek society to resent her role in it. In discussing marriage, it speaks of the “excess of wealth” or dowry needed to be provided by a woman’s family in order for her to marry, the social cost of not marrying, and the husband’s control over his wife’s body. It then discusses a woman’s need to…

most vulnerable, his love for his wife. He decides that he will convince Othello that she is unfaithful all the while remaining to be his friend to be close and guide his dark thoughts. Iago’s monologue in Act 2 Scene 1 that loosely explains his plan also reveals how the deranged plot is pushed on through dramatic characters using figurative language and diction. Iago’s rather explosive and malevolent figurative language is what helps to add so much zest and drama to the play. When speaking…

mentioned. There is a dramatic quality in the long sentences, exaggerated punctuation and unsettling rhetorical questions such as ‘Will’t please you rise?’ This combined with such a rigid rhyme scheme adds a sinister quality to what Browning called ‘dramatic lyric’ . When naturalistic dialogue is combined with extremely tight rhyme, this unnerves readers and the result is closer to conversational unease. Conversely, Wheatley does not let rhyme become intrusive to her naturalistic monologue.…

difficult for the old woman to manage on her own” (Fisher). What is the prior quote implying about old age? How does one feel about the aging process, does it dramatically change one’s outlook on life? In Ulysses by Alfred Lord, Tennyson is a dramatic monologue that tells of Ulysses late life, when the great King of Ithaca and leader of the Trojan war is very old. Ulysses knows that he does not have very much time left on this earth. Therefore, Ulysses explains his purpose in life is and how he…

This part, of course, opened me a new reading style. I am not saying that I didn’t know about this writing style, I just didn’t have a situation in my life to read this kind of book. It was a great example of how dramatic reading looks and then try and participate my final performance. The final performance will be tomorrow. I am writing my reflection day before, but I can definitely say that this performance and everything that I learn in during this course…

modernist writing is open endings. As mentioned earlier, the poem is written in dramatic monologue. H.D uses this form to be more effective in expressing Eurydice’s feelings. Modernist poetry is said to be short and fragmented but ‘Eurydice’ is a long poem; although, each of the seven parts consists of less than six stanzas. Fragmentation, end-stops, and enjambment are used to add to the effect of dramatic monologue as well. For instance: such loss is no loss, such terror, such coils and…