Difference between Aside and Soliloquy - Literary Terms

Diffrance between Aside and Soliloquy - Literary Terms

 An aside is a dramatic device in which a character speaks to the audience. By convention the audience is to realize that the characters speech is unheard by the other characters on stage. It may be addressed to the audience expressly or represent an unspoken thought.


Aside Example:

In the play shakespeares Macbeth, macbeth has the following aside: Time , Thou anticipatest my dread exploits.

Here is another example in the shakespeare play Hamlet: A little more than kin, and less than kind.

A soliloquy is a device often used in drama when a character speaks to himself or herself, relating thoughts and feelings, thereby also sharing them with the audiance , giving off the illusion of being a series of unspoken refeltions. If others characters are present, they keep silent  and/or are disregarded by the speaker.


Soliloquy Example: 

To be , or not to be: that is the question:

Whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer.

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