A soliloquy is a monologue spoken by a character to themself. As a literary device, it is used to reveal a character's innermost thoughts. Romeo and Juliet has quite a few soliloquies, including Romeo's soliloquy in the balcony scene, where he sees Juliet and compares her to the sun. ...
(over 40) as the two, M-G-M lost the supreme youth, but gained a near-perfect asset of understanding of the characters. Shearer's delivery is perfect, particularly in the spine-tingling rendition of Juliet's death-contemplation monologue just before she takes the poison. Leslie Howard ...
In Mercutio's speech in Act 1, Scene 4 of the play, she is alluded to when he delivers his monologue to tell Romeo that dreams cannot be trusted as those are conjured up by the fairies' midwife, Queen Mab. The dreams that people see under her influence are unreal and wicked, thereb...
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Juliet (Act II, Scene 2) Explanation:- In one of Shakespeare’s best known lines, Juliet is asking why Romeo has to be Romeo in a monologue, not knowing that Romeo is standing below her balcony and listening to her. She says these lines because Romeo is a Montague and she is a ...
(over 40) as the two, M-G-M lost the supreme youth, but gained a near-perfect asset of understanding of the characters. Shearer's delivery is perfect, particularly in the spine-tingling rendition of Juliet's death-contemplation monologue just before she takes the poison. Leslie Howard ...