The Role of 'Soliloquy' in Shakespeare's Macbeth in Revealing the real character of Macbeth

Abstract

Most of the playwrights used various devices in their literary works. Soliloquy was one of these devices which is believed that it belongs to the Elizabethan Times, in order to express; the thoughts of human beings, feelings, emotions and the expected plans, so this will affect on the reader and the audience. Shakespeare was the most popular dramatist who used the device of soliloquy in most of his plays especially the tragedies like; Othello, Hamlet and Macbeth. This study deals the the role of such device to reveal the secrets, hidden plans and the conspiracies the character of Macbeth in Shakespeare's Macbeth. It also discuses the types, purposes and the effects of it on the character itself on one hand, and on the reader and the audience on the other hand. As it unveiled the stages of the progress of the character of Macbeth in the play as well as a lot of its mysteries.