What is a soliloquy in a drama? a speech by a character who is the only one talking and addressing other characters a speech by a character who is alone onstage and thinking aloud a speech by a character who foretells the events that are to come in the play a speech by a character that is filled with puns and witty comments aimed at another character

The origin of the word soliloquy comes from Latin "single speaking". A common formula used in drama in which a character who is alone and thinking aloud on stage gives a speech in order for the audience to have access to his or her private thoughts. Soliloquies are present for example in Shakespeare's plays given by characters of significance such as Hamlet saying "To be or not to be; that is the question".

i think the literacy device is "it's frozen head"