Entertainment / Literature / Interior Monologue: A type of stream of consciousness in which the author depicts the interior thoughts of a single individual in the same order these thoughts occur inside that character's head. The author does not attempt to provide (or provides minimally) any commentary, description, or guiding discussion to help the reader untangle the complex web of thoughts, nor does the writer clean up the vague surge of thoughts into grammatically correct sentences or a logical order. Indeed, it is as if the authorial voice ceases to exist, and the reader directly 'overhears' the thought pouring forth randomly from a character's mind. M. H. Abrams notes that an example of an interior monologue can be found in the 'Lestrygonian' episode of James Joyce's Ulysses. Here, Leopold Bloom wanders past a candy shop in Dublin, and his thoughts wander back and forth: Pineapple rock, lemon platt, butter scotch. A sugar-sticky girl shoveling scoopfuls of creams for a christian brother. Some school great. Bad for their tummies. Lozenge and comfit manufacturer to His Majesty the King. God. Save. Our. Sitting on his throne, sucking red jujubes white. Contrast with stream of consciousness and dramatic monologue.
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Interior Adjective Synonyms: inner, private, intimate, personal, individual, secret, hidden, veiled
Interior Noun Synonyms: inside, internal, inner, inward
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Entertainment / Literature / Monologue: An interior monologue does not necessarily represent spoken words, but rather the internal or emotional thoughts or feelings of an individual, such as William Faulkner's long interior monologues withi MORE
Entertainment / Literature / Dramatic Monologue: A poem in which a poetic speaker addresses either the reader or an internal listener at length. It is similar to the soliloquy in theater, in that both a dramatic monologue and a soliloquy often invol MORE
Technology / Television (TV) / Interior Scenes: Scenes set inside, in particular on studio sets, though also including location interiors. MORE