Dramatic monologue

It knows!!! A Play by Thomas Moran Thomas Moran Mrs. Love Hilliard Creative Writing 29 January 2016 Characters MAX, A laptop that knows everything… or does it? ALEX, A 17 year-old in love with his laptop. JOHN, A 17 year old jealous of ALEX's new laptop. Setting ALEX's bedroom. 10:00 PM. Lights up to reveal ALEX in his room, on his bed marveling over his brand-new laptop. ALEX Wow! This laptop puts the A in Amazing! JOHN It’s just a regular old laptop……

begins to read T. S. Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,” one gets the sense that Prufrock is having a dramatic monologue with someone else, which is based on the beginning sentence “Let us go then, you and I” (1). There are three characteristics of a dramatic monologue, one of which is the specific individual expressing thoughts at a specific point in time. Secondly, the monologue is directed to a listener who may not be specifically addressed. And, the third characteristic the…

Dearest Bilbo, How are you doing? I hope you are enjoying living in. Overall I am doing fine, however much has changed since I last wrote to you. Where to begin? I suppose I will start where I left off in the last letter. Lady Galadriel presented us each with a parting gift. For Aragorn,she gave a sheath etched with flowers and leaves of silver and gold, as well as a silver brooch called the Elfstone that once belonged to Celebrían. Both Merry and Pippin received “silver belts, each with a…

As I do every morning, I walk by the queue. Well-dressed gentlemen, hover over the shoe polishers, greed gleaming in their eyes as hunger in vultures. Their greasy skin, drips over collars, like oil from the bacon they had for breakfast, quivering at the boys beneath them. Their eyes are clouded, unaware, boredom and impatience evident. The young men at their feet swelter under the hot sun, beating onto them, wrinkling their dark skin. Sweat soaks through their thin garments, revealing their…

Alessio’s POV I blinked in surprise at the sight before me “M-Mother?” I slurred, stumbling towards her with open arms. “You’re drunk,” She said nonchalantly and scrunched up her nose in disgust as I enveloped her into a tight embrace. Way to state the obvious. “You reek of alcohol! Let’s get you cleaned up, figlio.” “Us Italians have huuuuge feet.” I hiccupped, examining the ginormous red sock in my hand. “Those are where we put your presents, love.” She let out a chuckle, which floated in the…

The characters portrayed by Browning in his dramatic monologues are various and often rise from the world of the Italian Renaissance. From the artist Fra Lippo Lippi who has become a monk without his will, to Andrea del Sarto, a great painter who has subordinated his art to the demands of an exploitative wife, Browning manages to reveal the true value of art. The pictures of great artists blended with historical detail are embodied in his poems. Vasari’s Lives of the artistsis the source of the…

deeper subliminal meaning; that it reflects his own dysfunctionality. Simultaneously, alliteration and assonance are present throughout the entire poem, giving a series of smooth transitions from line to line, despite the Count actually being in a monologue for the entire poem. Robert Browning used the A-B rhyme scheme throughout “My Last Duchess” to intentionally pair with the assonance of the O’s of each word being stretched. This gives giving the appearance of deliberate, slow speech from the…

Oh how greatly do I despise the moor! I hate him, hate him, hate him! Now I am going to make the thick-lips regret the shame he has brought to me. With my web of jealousy I shall ensnare them all. I must hide my bitter resentment in order to obtain my sweet, sweet revenge. In following him, I follow but myself, I am not what I am. But you are Cassio- Cassio… A mere book-keeper… How could anyone ever choose this mathematician with NO practical experience in battle whatsoever over honest,…

To a New Start Brutal, rough, eventful. My day in three words. Nothing could have gone worse. It was a brand new start for me. New start to the teaching aspect. New to the town of Maycomb, Alabama. I was From North Alabama, Winston County, so the Maycomb residents have a different lifestyle and I was definitely not fitting in or adjusted to it at all. Maycomb is a little world of its own. As soon as being introduced to all of my fellow, new students, I knew something was already off. It was then…

tryout basketball A Play by Obieda Alananzeh obida alananzeh Mrs. Love Hilliard Creative Writing 29 January 2016 Characters OB MAX COACH Setting Place. Time. Lights up to reveal...describe the scene on the stage. CHARACTER 1 Dialogue. (Stage directions. These should be rare. Use them for necessary action, not to describe how someone speaks--write better dialogue for that.) CHARACTER 2 Dialgoue. MAX Approaches OB and says” hey man are you ready for the…