Or Not To Be Soliloquy

STAGE TERMS GLOSSARY

Soliloquy: A long speech said by a single actor to themselves or the audience, but not to another character. Act: An organizational division in scripts. Scene: An organizational division in scripts. Often several scenes make up an ACT. Common Theater Terms - 3 Terms for the Actor

  Soliloquy

Hamlet’s seven soliloquies

traditionally played as a soliloquy, technically it is not, as Ophelia appears to be overtly present (and in some productions Hamlet addresses the speech directly to her) and Claudius and Polonius are within earshot. At the time this was a standard ‘question’ (this being a term used in academic disputation, the

  Hamlet, Soliloquy

Direct and Indirect Characterization

Direct and Indirect Characterization 1 9/23/2008 Direct and Indirect Characterization “Show and Tell” Characterization is the process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character. Characterization is revealed through direct characterization and indirect characterization. Direct Characterization tells the audience what the personality of the character is.

  Direct, Characterization, Indirect, Direct and indirect characterization

Defining Characterization

Defining Characterization Characterization is the process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character. Characterization is revealed through direct characterization and indirect characterization. Direct Characterization tells the audience what the personality of the character is. Example: “The patient boy and quiet girl were both well mannered and did not disobey their