a long speech by one actor in a play or movie, or as part of a theatrical or broadcast program.
synonyms: soliloquy, speech, address, lecture, sermon, homily; formaloration
examples
"he quickly launches into another manic monologue"
a long and typically tedious speech by one person during a conversation.
"Fred carried on with his monologue as if I hadn't spoken"
You're speaking a monolouge, when you are thinking to yourself, normally not saying it unless to let an audience know. A monolouge can include what you are thinking or giving a speech.
The Lumiere Brothers made the first motion pictures. I would have been awestruck at the technology, being able to see recordings of people and objects in motion because my whole life before that time I had only been able to see paintings and some still photos. I might have even been frightened by some of the things I was shown because I was not yet used to the illusion of film.
Matisse studied law from 1887 to 1891 before deciding to go to Paris France to become a painter. He worked under Adolph William Bouguereau at the Académie Julian in Paris but left in 1892 to enter the studio of Gustave Moreau at the École de Beaux- Arts where he studied until 1897.
