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Monologue examples5/28/2023 Or them, or this fair city, or the palace Of my dear children–them I could have wished OEDIPUS: I care not for thy counsel or thy praise įor with what eyes could I have e’er beheldīy me? This punishment is worse than death,Īnd so it should be. Examples of Monologue in Literature Example #1 Some monologues can be used to spur action in other characters, while others just tell a story or explain information. Monologues are often used to stand in for the passage of time, which otherwise can be difficult to demonstrate in theater, and are also often used as entrances and exits by characters. There are examples of monologues in plays both ancient and contemporary, and from many different cultures. Monologue has remained important in dramatic works. Playwrights later expanded the convention to have two characters on stage, accompanied by the chorus, which grew to three characters (the protagonist, deuteragonist, and the tritagonist). Indeed, monologues were the only way that information was communicated in very early Greek drama. Thus, dialogue was not a part of the very earliest plays. Drama developed first with the convention of there being only one character on stage as well as a chorus. Monologues have a very important role in the history of theater. ♦ Significance of Monologue in Literature Lou Gehrig, “Luckiest Man” speech, July 4, 1939 I have been in ballparks for 17 years and have never received anything but kindness and encouragement from you fans….So I close in saying that I may have had a tough break, but I have an awful lot to live for. Yet today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of this earth. Winston Churchill, “We Shall Fight on the Beaches” speech, June 4, 1940įans, for the past two weeks you have been reading about the bad break I got. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills we shall never surrender… We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. Sojourner Truth, “Ain’t I a Woman” speech, 1851 Women’s Convention Nobody ever helps me into carriages, or over mud-puddles, or gives me any best place! And ain’t I a woman? Look at me! Look at my arm! I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me! And ain’t I a woman? I could work as much and eat as much as a man – when I could get it – and bear the lash as well! And ain’t I a woman? I have borne thirteen children, and seen most all sold off to slavery, and when I cried out with my mother’s grief, none but Jesus heard me! And ain’t I a woman? That man over there says that women need to be helped into carriages, and lifted over ditches, and to have the best place everywhere. Here are a few famous speeches with those functions: The function is similar: to explain the orator’s thoughts, spur the listeners to action, or mark a transition such as someone new coming to power or someone retiring. Though a monologue only occurs in works of literature and entertainment, a monologue is very similar to the majority of speeches made by famous people and politicians.
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