Monologue

meaning while having some of the highest stake performances of your life. Why oh why, do we have to perform Shakespeare monologues as part of our auditions? For one reason or another, the two contrasting monologue audition has become the standard for auditioning for the school play, getting accepted into college theatre and acting programs, acquiring money for college scholarships, and going beyond into master’s degree and actor conservatory programs. Almost every notice you see strongly…

online about her work and the truth she has told to the public media over the years. I plan to research these questions by reading articles, watching videos on sites such as YouTube.com, and watching Eve Ensler’s TED talks to gather information about her. I also plan to read her play and possibly watch the TV movie called The Vagina Monologues to gather further knowledge on Eve Ensler’s efforts. Summary of Evidence Eve Ensler is an American playwright, performer, feminist, and activist, best…

“My Last Duchess” by Robert Browning is a poem written in the form of a dramatic monologue. In it, the speaker describes the portrait of his late wife to the servant of a prospective bride’s father. Throughout the description, the speaker’s sociopathy is made increasingly clear, with the heavily implication that he was the actual cause of the wife’s demise. Browning reveals the prideful, control-obsessed, and sociopathic character of the speaker through self-boasting, caesuras in the monologue,…

In The Book of the Duchess, Chaucer uses the genre of the dream vision in order to show off his intellectual knowledge and his artistic capabilities. Therefore, true to his nature, Chaucer reveals not just one ‘truth’ but a series of truths as he emulates the work of other great poets and tries to appease the wishes of his patron, John of Gaunt and the memory of his departed wife, Lady Blanche the Duchess of Lancaster – whilst seeking recognition for his own literary greatness. The Book of the…

Walter’s use of dialogue and interior monologue allows readers a glimpse of the raw emotions and unfiltered thoughts of these two flawed, but loving fathers that humanize them and creates an emotional connection that evolves into empathy. Dialogue in “Please” is scant, yet it is how the few words are spoken that conveys the underlying tension and feelings that Tommy has. The story starts with Tommy picking up his son for a visit and from the first utterance of “What the hell, Carla?” (Walter…

within 4 pages. I only counted the work “endgame” once and it was in Hamm’s ending monologue. He…

The true meaning is proven from not only the textual evidence of the soliloquy itself, but also the acts that follow, as well as the information the reader develops from addressing such important aspects as the situation of the scene and the relation of other speeches, monologues, and soliloquies throughout the rest of the play. From acknowledging the situation in which the soliloquy is read, the reader is better able to truly understand the meaning, that Hamlet’s soliloquy in act III is not…

Smallman's side of the screen zooms out and shows hims trying to record a spot on a dating website, explaining his opening monologue. However his neighbor keeps making noises that interrupt his recording process. Button's side shows him grabbing a pot, facing the camera and welcoming people, as he is filming a cooking video. As Button continues to film his video with several sound effects, Smallman is shown as increasingly anxious and frustrated as he is unable to record his due to his…

William Shakespeare is history’s most greatest, influential, and philosophical playwright. His most acclaimed work, Hamlet, is extensively studied and analyzed as it confronts and speaks openly about many moral, ethical, emotional truths and dilemmas. Hamlet is a revenge tragedy, in which the indecisive and contemplative protagonist is driven to avenge his father’s death, yet the act of his revenge is necessarily delayed in order to highlight Hamlet’s emotional and psychological complexity. The…

When we think of famous writers that emerged from Britain, most people first think of Shakespeare and perhaps Milton as well. A significant writer that is sometimes not always remembered in the spotlight is Robert Browning. Browning in irrefutably the best there ever was at writing and manipulating dramatic monologues. In fact, dramatic monologues can’t even really be brought up or studied without the mention of Browning. Two of Browning's most famous dramatic monologues are My Last Duchess and…