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Definition of Soliloquy
A soliloquy is a literary device, most often found in dramas, in which a character speaks to him or herself, relating his or her innermost thoughts and feelings as if... read full definition
A soliloquy is a literary device, most often found in dramas, in which a character speaks to him or herself, relating his or her innermost... read full definition
A soliloquy is a literary device, most often found in dramas, in which a character speaks to him or herself... read full definition
Scene 13
Explanation and Analysis—Faustus's Final Soliloquy:
The climax of Doctor Faustus occurs in Scene 13 as Faustus laments his choices, verbally repenting of his actions and fervently begging for salvation even as he is dragged kicking and screaming off to hell. His ending speech is a moving soliloquy which showcases his desperation to escape damnation. On an otherwise barren stage, abandoned by the old man and left by the three scholars to face his fate alone, Faustus cries out into the emptiness, appealing first to God, then to Lucifer, then to God again for even a modicum of mercy:
If thou wilt not have mercy on my soul,
Yet for Christ’s sake, whose blood hath ransomed me,
Impose some end to my incessant pain.
Let Faustus live in hell a thousand years,
A hundred thousand, and at last be saved.
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