"Much of what distinguishes Shakespeare’s Soliloquies from those of his predecessors may be attributed to this process of dramatization, a skill which he developed gradually. The effectiveness of this technique is enhanced by what T.S. Eliot has called ‘the attitude of self-dramatization assumed by some of Shakespeare’s heroes’, for several of Shakespeare’s characters are of an extrovert, historic disposition, and enjoy speaking of themselves as another self."
January 1, 1970