In the Crucible, at the end of Act 2, John Proctor faces
the open sky and declares:
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"Peace. It is a providence, and no great change;
we are only what we always were, but naked now. . . Aye, naked! And the wind, God's icy
wind will blow!"
This is an
example of a soliloquy. A Soliloquy is an audible oratory or conversation with oneself.
It is a term that is typically applied to theatrical characters engaged in a monologue.
But it can also be used as a term in a literary work that simply describes an occurrence
when a character talks with oneself. The soliloquy helps in the realization by the
character of certain things that may not have been realized if he had not verbalized
aloud.
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