Can you help me with monologue themes?

Question

okay, I have to write a monologue, and I want to make it dramatic, but not too heavy (no suicide, death, etc.) I would also like it to maybe have a comedic side to it. can anyone help me? I just need ideas that I can create a character off of and write a monologue. thanks so much! :)

Answer 1

I'm not sure how old you are, or how old you want the character to be.  I tend to think of things in term of high school years since I just graduated.

A cool character, high school aged, to explore would be a person who's very pressured to do everything his or her parents want, in school, sports, extracurricular stuff, etc.  pushed around by teachers, coaches, friends to be as close to perfect as possible, and trying to find a way to act out.  kinda heavy, but there could be room for comedy.

due to a lot of teen pregnancies in my class this year, i think that would be a cool area to explore too, a bst friend contemplating how he or she can help the teen mother along, or if you want to make it an adult, maybe the mother, father, or doctor of the girl?

one last idea... more adult, i guess .  a person who's just lost a job, or just got out of jail, or just gotten out of a relationship.  someone on the  edge of starting over, how will he get there? what will he do now?  it's kind of sad, very serious but leaves room for a lot of hope.

best of luck! have fun exploring your characters!

Answer 2

Your monloguecould be about the lose of  a parent or of a close friend. This is a very sentimental subject so if writen and proformed right it can have a powerful impact. You can add some humor while talking about the lost loved one telling about a really funny thing that happened or telling your favorite joke that your loved on always said.

Make it your own and put a lot of feeling into it. For this monologue to work you have to believe it yourself.