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Macbeth

The Difference between a


soliloquy and an aside
Soliloquy a (usually long) dramatic speech
intended to give the audience the illusion of the
actors innermost thoughts and unknown reflections.
For the soliloquy, the character is alone on the
stage, revealing his/her inner thoughts by speaking
aloud. It is an artificial device that modern
playwrights rarely use.
Aside consists of a characters turning away from
the other characters on the stage, for the sake of
addressing the audience privately, or just to think
aloud.
With an aside, the other characters are unaware of
what is being said in the aside, but it must be
impossible for them not to overhear what is being
said.

In Act I, scene iii, Macbeths aside reveals


his innermost thoughts which he must
keep hidden from Banquo and the others.

Why? Has our perception of Macbeths


character changed? How so?

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