soliloquy
a speech spoken to oneself
Root
- loqu / locut: speak
Other words with the loqu / locut root
- circumlocution: roundabout speech
- colloquial: informal in speech or writing
- colloquy: a conversation or formal discussion
- eloquence: powerful, fluent expression
- eloquent: fluent and persuasive in speech
- grandiloquent: pompous in speech
- interlocutor: a person taking part in a conversation
- loquacious: talkative
Soliloquy is solo speech: the character speaks alone.
The actor delivered the soliloquy as if arguing with his own shadow.