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The 15 pages that link to Soliloquy, each with the reason it gives.

• Dramatic monologueCompared with: A soliloquy usually presents private thought, while this poem addresses a silent listener.

• Interior monologueCompared with: It externalizes private thought as speech, whereas interior monologue presents it as unspoken.

• The WavesNarrower topic: The novel’s six voices speak in extended, inward monologues.

• MonologueBroader topic: This is the inward-facing dramatic form most often associated with monologue.

• MacbethRelated: Macbeth’s soliloquies expose the hesitation and fear hidden beneath his public authority.

• Shakespearean actingRelated: Soliloquies make private thought public and demand a clear relationship with the audience.

• Direct addressCompared with: A soliloquy may sound personal but is not ordinarily addressed to the audience within the fiction.

• Shakespearean tragedyRelated: Soliloquies make private conflict theatrically audible in plays such as Hamlet and Macbeth.

• Character songCompared with: A character song can perform the same inward disclosure through music and lyrics.

• Pedro Calderón de la BarcaRelated: Segismundo’s soliloquies make inward debate central to the action.

• Richard III (play)Related: Richard’s soliloquies reveal plans that other characters cannot perceive.

• OthelloRelated: Iago’s private speeches disclose plans hidden from the other characters.

• The Diary of a MadmanCompared with: It offers a stage convention for rendering the clerk’s private thinking, though a diary implies an addressee.

• Lady MacbethNarrower topic: Her private speeches expose desires and fears that she conceals from other characters.

• Shakespeare's playsRelated: Soliloquies make private conflict audible, most famously in Hamlet’s reflections.