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==Origin==

==Origin==

Middle French, French ''monologue'' [[speech]] in a [[play]] delivered by a single [[actor]] (early 16th cent.; 1811 in sense ‘long [[speech]] delivered by one [[person]] who [[forget]]s or neglects the [[presence]] of others.

Middle French, French ''monologue'' [[speech]] in a [[play]] delivered by a single [[actor]] (early 16th cent.; 1811 in sense ‘long [[speech]] delivered by one [[person]] who [[forget]]s or neglects the [[presence]] of others.

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_century 1549]

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_century 1549]

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*1a : [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soliloquy soliloquy]  

*1a : [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soliloquy soliloquy]  

:b : a dramatic sketch [[performed]] by one [[actor]]  

:b : a dramatic sketch [[performed]] by one [[actor]]  

:c : the routine of a stand-up comic

:c : the routine of a stand-up comic

*2: a [[literary]] [[composition]] written in the form of a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soliloquy soliloquy]

*2: a [[literary]] [[composition]] written in the form of a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soliloquy soliloquy]

*3: a long [[speech]] monopolizing [[conversation]]

*3: a long [[speech]] monopolizing [[conversation]]

==Description==

==Description==

A '''monologue''' (or monolog) is when the character may be [[speaking]] his or her [[thoughts]] aloud, directly addressing another character, or speaking to the [[audience]], especially the former. Monologues are common across the range of dramatic [[media]] (plays, [[films]], animation, etc.). It is distinct from a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soliloquy soliloquy], which is where a character relates his or her [[thoughts]] and [[feelings]] to him/herself and to the [[audience]] without addressing any of the other characters. It is also distinct from an ''apostrophe'', wherein the [[speaker]] or [[writer]] addresses an [[imaginary]] [[person]], or inanimate object, or [[idea]].  

A '''monologue''' (or monolog) is when the character may be [[speaking]] his or her [[thoughts]] aloud, directly addressing another character, or speaking to the [[audience]], especially the former. Monologues are common across the range of dramatic [[media]] (plays, [[films]], animation, etc.). It is distinct from a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soliloquy soliloquy], which is where a character relates his or her [[thoughts]] and [[feelings]] to him/herself and to the [[audience]] without addressing any of the other characters. It is also distinct from an ''apostrophe'', wherein the [[speaker]] or [[writer]] addresses an [[imaginary]] [[person]], or inanimate object, or [[idea]].  

[[Category: Languages and Literature]]

[[Category: Languages and Literature]]