Synonyms for
Asides
Definition
remarks made by a character in a play that are intended to be heard by the audience but unheard by the other characters on stage
Synonyms & similar words
Example sentences
- During the play, the actor broke the fourth wall and delivered asides to the audience.
- The asides added depth to the character's personality and motivations.
- The audience chuckled at the character's witty aside.
- The actor's aside revealed the character's true intentions.
- The asides gave insight into the character's inner thoughts and feelings.
Quotes
'All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts.' - William Shakespeare
'I know a bank where the wild thyme blows, Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows, Quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine, With sweet musk-roses, and with eglantine: There sleeps Titania sometime of the night, Lull'd in these flowers with dances and delight; And there the snake throws her enamell'd skin, Weed wide enough to wrap a fairy in: And with the juice of this I'll streak her eyes, And make her full of hateful fantasies.' - William Shakespeare
'The best laid schemes o' Mice an' Men, Gang aft agley, An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain, For promis'd joy!' - Robert Burns