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dramatic monologue

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dramatic monologue
n.
A literary, usually verse composition in which a speaker reveals his or her character, often in relation to a critical situation or event, in a monologue addressed to the reader or to a presumed listener.


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Unlike Poe's classic, however, it takes the form of an extended, digressive dramatic monologue delivered by Henry MacAlpine, a famous Scottish artist living in self-imposed seclusion on a sparsely populated Breton island, to William Naysmith, Britain's leading art critic and the artist's one-time friend and early mentor.
Have each group look for additional information on the person they have drawn and create a short skit or dramatic monologue in which the figure describes his or her escape to freedom or how they helped others escape.
I also show the film A Room of One's Own, a dramatic monologue based on Virginia Woolf's essay by the same name.
 
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