“Etymologically, monologue (mono-logos) derives from the Greek term for solitary speech. In linguistic terms monologic speech is both univocal and monophonic, meaning that monologue can be broadly understood as being any sustained speech by a single subject that does not require an ‘other’ to speak to, nor needs a reply. However, ‘pure’ monologues are almost an abstraction, because solo speech is far more likely to exist in a complicated relationship with dialogue, meaning that even the most isolated monologues (a speech to ourselves spoken out loud or in our heads) tend to address an other, even if that other is the self, and thus implicitly seek a kind of dialogue.” (Eddie Paterson,The Contemporary American Monologue: Performance and Politics, p. 13)