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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
Act 4, Scene 3
Explanation and Analysis—Call Me by My Name:
In one of the play’s few soliloquies, Antipholus of Syracuse wonders to himself about the strange and inexplicable friendliness he has encountered in Ephesus:
There’s not a man I meet but doth salute me
As if I were their well-acquainted friend,
And everyone doth call me by my name.
Some tender money to me; some invite me; […]
Sure these are but imaginary wiles,
And Lapland sorcerers inhabit here
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Explanation and Analysis—The Courtesan:
The otherwise unnamed Courtesan with whom Antipholus of Ephesus dines after being denied entrance to his own home reflects upon Antipholus's apparent madness in a soliloquy that reveals her own priorities. She says:
Unlock with LitCharts A+Now, out of doubt Antipholus is mad;
Else would he never so demean himself.
A ring he hath of mine worth forty ducats,
And for the same he promised me a chain.
Both one and other he denies me now.
The reason that I gather he is mad [...]
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