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Module 3. Lesson 3. The Soliloquy

This document provides information about soliloquies as a dramatic device. It defines a soliloquy as a speech directed by a character to themselves, expressing their inner thoughts aloud when alone on stage. Examples are given from Shakespeare plays like Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet. The structure of soliloquies is also discussed, noting that many renowned ones are written in unrhyming iambic pentameter. As a final course requirement, students must choose a character and create their own soliloquy video based on the COVID-19 quarantine experience.

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Module 3. Lesson 3. The Soliloquy

This document provides information about soliloquies as a dramatic device. It defines a soliloquy as a speech directed by a character to themselves, expressing their inner thoughts aloud when alone on stage. Examples are given from Shakespeare plays like Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet. The structure of soliloquies is also discussed, noting that many renowned ones are written in unrhyming iambic pentameter. As a final course requirement, students must choose a character and create their own soliloquy video based on the COVID-19 quarantine experience.

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The Soliloquy

Dramatic Device
What is a Soliloquy?
• pronounced as suh-lil-uh-kwee
• It is a passage in a drama in which a character
expresses his thoughts through a speech that
is directed only to him or herself.
• These contain feelings said aloud while either
alone upon the stage or with the other actors
keeping silent.
What is a Soliloquy?
• to understand the character’s inner thoughts
and feelings as though they were not being
spoken at all.
• When a character on stage delivers a
soliloquy, the other characters are in involved
in other actions as if they do not hear what is
being said.
Example:
• Hamlet’s commentary on the nature of
consciousness and existence:
To be, or not to be- that is the question:
Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them. To die- to sleep-
No more…
What is the Structure of a Soliloquy?
• Many (not all) of the most renowned dramatic
soliloquies are spoken in blank verse.
• written with a precise meter—almost always
iambic pentameter—but that does not rhyme.
(I hope you remember our lesson on Scansion.)

• When a poem is written in iambic pentameter,


it means each line contains five iambs—two
syllable pairs in which the second syllable is
emphasized.
Example 1:
• From Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet:

But soft! What light through yonder window breaks?


It is the East, and Juliet is the sun!
Example 2:
• This one is not strictly iambic pentameter in all
of its lines.

Like to an almond tree y-mounted high


Upon the lofty and celestial mount
Of evergreen Selinus, quaintly deck’d
With blooms more white than Erycina’s brows,
Whose tender blossoms tremble every one
At every little breath that thorough heaven is blown.
Final Course Requirement
CREATING YOUR OWN SOLILOQUY
The dramatic FINAL Requirement
1. Take a moment to internalize the events
during the ECQ.
2. Choose one character as basis of your
soliloquy. Examples: a PUI, a COVID-19 survivor, a
volunteer nurse, a homeless man, a taho vendor, a DDS, a
privileged person, a Chinese national in the Philippines, or
even you (a student who is taking online courses this term)
3. Make sure you really understand this
character, so that you will be able to create
and deliver an effective soliloquy.
Instructions
1. Prepare your speech/ soliloquy (in English). You may
consult your professor to comment on your work
before you start recording.
2. Incorporate iambic pentameter lines in your soliloquy.
3. Take a video of YOU delivering the soliloquy.
4. The dramatic speech should not exceed 8 minutes.
5. You may add effects to enhance the dramatic
soliloquy. Make sure though that the background
music won’t drown your voice nor the visual effects
blur your facial expressions.
Instructions
4. Upload your video on YouTube for public
viewing. You will get +.05 per view.
5. Submit the URL of your YouTube video and
the final script (pdf format) on or before the
deadline.
6. Do not submit the requirements as a course
message for they will not be considered/
graded.
7. The last day of submission is June 27, 2020.
END.

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