What it is: Monologues are speeches made by a character on stage alone. They can be part of a play or they can be a monologue about a certain theme (GIN).
A dramatic monologue has to express feelings through acting as wells as through words. It should include a climax, and therefore there has to be some building up of tension.
Must haves of dramatic monologues:
1. A very well defined character= for the audience to follow, they must be able to identify with the character. To do this, the author has to know everything about the character, even if the author isn’t going to include all these attributes in the monologue.
2. Build up of tension= the monologue must have a climax, so it has to build up to it.
3. Risk taking= dramatic monologues should have some degree of controversy to make it more interesting for the audience.
4. Negative aspect of character= this adds to the tension and the risk taking factor.
5. First person= as I said before, the audience must be able to relate to the character, therefore by using first person, the monologue is a lot more personal.
My monologue
People judge me, every day, every moment, whenever they see me. Something about my hair… maybe that it hasn’t been washed in…..something about my face, my eyes, my mouth. Something about how I smell… I haven’t been in water since days, weeks, moths? But that’s not the worse smell. People are afraid of me. They stare at me funny, but I don’t blame them. When mothers see me, they take their child’s hand and cross the street. Get as far away from me as they can. But they don’t know I won’t hurt them. There is really no point. I’ve lost everything. I’ve lost everyone. I had a husband. I had a child. I’ll never see any of them again. My husband left, my son’s been taken from me. I have no one. I have a home that’s not really a home. There’s nothing in there. I had a car but I had to give it away. I’m alone now. I don’t hurt anyone. I can’t hurt anyone because I can barely walk. So then why are they so mean to me? Why won’t they give me my medicine? I can’t hurt anyone! They hate me. I hate myself! I can’t see myself and the only way to prevent from seeing myself is with my medicine. But they don’t want me to have it! They say it’s bad. They say I’m killing myself. I know I am, I know I’m dying! But what do I want to live for?! I live to drink. If I don’t drink, what is my reason for living? I need a drink.
GIN:
My monologue is based on global issue #16, illegal drugs. The character in my monologue is an addict who has lost everything due to her addiction. The audience gets a hint that the reason why she got hooked was because she lost her husband. The monologue has a lot to do with prejudice. The character says that people judge her every day because of what she looks, because of what she’s become, not taking on count what made her become that. There is not much about the character herself because throughout the monologue she just talks about her feelings, and how her primary reason for survival is the drugs they’re trying to take away from her. This was deliberately done because the audience isn’t supposed to know that much from her. This reinforces the idea that they don’t know her, but she’s still being judged. There’s a lot more to her than her addictions. My monologue still needs a lot of editing, but the main idea is there, and therefore I decided to not re-write a monologue for gin, but instead edit the one I have.
A dramatic monologue has to express feelings through acting as wells as through words. It should include a climax, and therefore there has to be some building up of tension.
Must haves of dramatic monologues:
1. A very well defined character= for the audience to follow, they must be able to identify with the character. To do this, the author has to know everything about the character, even if the author isn’t going to include all these attributes in the monologue.
2. Build up of tension= the monologue must have a climax, so it has to build up to it.
3. Risk taking= dramatic monologues should have some degree of controversy to make it more interesting for the audience.
4. Negative aspect of character= this adds to the tension and the risk taking factor.
5. First person= as I said before, the audience must be able to relate to the character, therefore by using first person, the monologue is a lot more personal.
My monologue
People judge me, every day, every moment, whenever they see me. Something about my hair… maybe that it hasn’t been washed in…..something about my face, my eyes, my mouth. Something about how I smell… I haven’t been in water since days, weeks, moths? But that’s not the worse smell. People are afraid of me. They stare at me funny, but I don’t blame them. When mothers see me, they take their child’s hand and cross the street. Get as far away from me as they can. But they don’t know I won’t hurt them. There is really no point. I’ve lost everything. I’ve lost everyone. I had a husband. I had a child. I’ll never see any of them again. My husband left, my son’s been taken from me. I have no one. I have a home that’s not really a home. There’s nothing in there. I had a car but I had to give it away. I’m alone now. I don’t hurt anyone. I can’t hurt anyone because I can barely walk. So then why are they so mean to me? Why won’t they give me my medicine? I can’t hurt anyone! They hate me. I hate myself! I can’t see myself and the only way to prevent from seeing myself is with my medicine. But they don’t want me to have it! They say it’s bad. They say I’m killing myself. I know I am, I know I’m dying! But what do I want to live for?! I live to drink. If I don’t drink, what is my reason for living? I need a drink.
GIN:
My monologue is based on global issue #16, illegal drugs. The character in my monologue is an addict who has lost everything due to her addiction. The audience gets a hint that the reason why she got hooked was because she lost her husband. The monologue has a lot to do with prejudice. The character says that people judge her every day because of what she looks, because of what she’s become, not taking on count what made her become that. There is not much about the character herself because throughout the monologue she just talks about her feelings, and how her primary reason for survival is the drugs they’re trying to take away from her. This was deliberately done because the audience isn’t supposed to know that much from her. This reinforces the idea that they don’t know her, but she’s still being judged. There’s a lot more to her than her addictions. My monologue still needs a lot of editing, but the main idea is there, and therefore I decided to not re-write a monologue for gin, but instead edit the one I have.
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