Monologue

A monologue is a sustained speech by a single character. In a monologue (or soliloquy), the character reveals something of his or her inner workings, allowing the audience or the reader to understand more about the character’s motivations, psychology, or constraints. Perhaps the most famous monologue is Hamlet’s soliloquy in Act III, Scene 1, which starts “To be, or not to be.” In //A Doll’s House,// both Helmer and Nora have monologues in Act III, and they explain their world views in these speeches.