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a speech by a character in a drama briefly disclosing his thoughts in the presence of other characters who by convention do not hear him
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That device is called an aside.
An aside is a brief remark a character makes that reveals private thoughts to the audience (or to themselves) while other characters are onstage and by dramatic convention do not hear it. It contrasts with a soliloquy, which is a longer speech usually delivered when the character is alone. Example: Hamlet’s “A little more than kin, and less than kind” is often treated as an aside.
An aside is a brief remark a character makes that reveals private thoughts to the audience (or to themselves) while other characters are onstage and by dramatic convention do not hear it. It contrasts with a soliloquy, which is a longer speech usually delivered when the character is alone. Example: Hamlet’s “A little more than kin, and less than kind” is often treated as an aside.
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