Dramatic monologue

One of the main criticisms of modernist writers is that they were purposefully exclusionary, elitist, and enforced a separation of popular culture from highbrow literature. While I believe that this idea is useful in thinking about certain modernist writers and their works, I would argue that there are instances where this view is too simplistic, and reduces particular modernist works to elitism and intellectualism when this is not necessarily the case. This viewpoint therefore can ignore…

when one begins to ask what attitude the poem encourages us to take toward its speaker. To what extent does this voice have the poet’s endorsement? One fines, once the initial impact has worn off, many of the ironic disclaimer associated with dramatic monologue. By calling the poem “Daddy” rather than, say, “Father,” Plath lets us know that she recognizes the outburst to follow as childish, truer to the child’s fantasy of domination and abandonment than to the adult’s reconstruction of the…

used to create an image of Frank Conroy that the reader would be able to understand; it was a way to introduce his flaws immediately, so the audience would understand where they came from as they read the memoir itself. The epilogue is much more dramatic, in a sense. Its tone is almost manic, and seems to be the “this is what I’ve become” of the novel. His syntax has changed to where it seems like the Frank Conroy you met in the prologue has changed as you read the novel, and this is the…

A Christmas classic performed at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis for over forty years, A Christmas Carol wows audiences with its intricate design and special effects. This production was directed by Joe Chvala, adapted from the original Dickens novel by Crispin Whittell. A tradition for many local families, the theatre even lowers its age requirement for this one play so that children of all ages might enjoy the reclamation of Scrooge, a wealthy man whose name has become synonymous with a…

Such an attempt to veil political motivations can be seen in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s (RSC) interpretation of Act 2, Scene 4, directed by Gregory Doran. Doran’s representation of this scene serves to present a dramatic, visual performance, but also to demonstrate his shared perspective of Shakespeare’s political views. The characterisation of Falstaff as a static character is a foil to King Henry, where the juxtaposition is apparent between the honourable and utilitarian…

Medusa is a Greek mythological character who turns people to stone by looking at them. The dramatic monologue (a poem in the form of a speech or narrative by an imagined person- it allows the reader to see aspects of their character that they would not normally express but reveal inadvertently) begins with ‘a suspicion, a doubt, a jealousy grew in my…

In this incident, Morocco mentions his scimitar, and thus assembles an adroit alliteration. Commencement of consecutive words with the same letter lifts simple speech to a stylistic device. Therefore, the Prince utilizes an alliteration in his monologue. In essence, Morocco’s speech is rife with figurative language. Obviously Launcelot, as a human, moves faster than a diminutive snail. While the clown lazes about, the man cannot possibly move slower or cover less ground than a listless mollusk.…

Ryan Lakkis Miss Palma English 2 Honors 27, October 2015 The Underlying Connections Between Fahrenheit 451 and Dover Beach All throughout the analysis of Dover Beach there were many clear parallels to the novel Fahrenheit 451. Matthew Arnold an English poet during the Victorian Era of literature (1822-1888) saw a conflict between people, because of the new wave of scientific facts brought on by Darwin 's Origin of species. This collided with the already existing group of religious people. Many…

tool for expressing inner thoughts and feelings. Many scholars argue that soliloquies are technically not necessary as they can be distracting and irrelevant to the core of the play (Alam). These critics reason that, for the most part, the personal monologues are merely accessories. Hamlet is commonly used to exemplify this. If Hamlet’s soliloquies were replaced or simply removed from the play, the removal would not impair the play beyond comprehension. For example, Hamlet’s famous “to be, or…

want to see her without making an effort to take her thoughts and emotions into consideration, and their opinions of her only improve when she becomes an asset to the community. However, Nathaniel Hawthorne’s decision to include Hester’s internal monologue throughout The Scarlet Letter forces the audience to witness a different, less…