Hint to murder in a dramatic monologue?
I am making a dramatic monologue for a school project in this my character has committed a murder and during talking to his brother lets it slip but in a no direct way (straight up saying I killed him), how would I hint to it so that the reader would have to "read between the lines" to find out?
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I am not experienced with 'Dramatic Monolouges', but this question is similar to many others where the writer doesn't want to give "an obvious answer/fact" to the reader.
@Rasadashan gives some good suggestions, and I aggree with them, but without the story these suggestions will probabbly be hard to use/follow.
In all cases, I believe it depends on the story, the characters and the events that have taken place.
What your "character" includes in the monologue will or should be a reflection of the personality of the character and his/her connection to the other characters and the events that have taken place.
Creating the 'puzzle' for your readers to solve, should be based on what you'd like them to work on and what you feel confortable creating.
What kind of puzzle would you enjoy having to solve if you were reading/listening to the monologue?
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If your character is an adult, particularly if he or she is given to wordplay, just try for subtlety.
I have one character apologizing to another for allowing his suspicions to govern his actions, rather than his love. He hired an assassin but never admits it.
You could have it alluded to as a solution to a problem. If your character has a mathematical turn, he subtracted something recently.
If your character is younger, maybe you were ‘the only one not surprised when X cut class’. Perhaps refer to the deceased character as ‘auditing comparative religion ‘.
There are so many ways to say that without being blunt. Have fun with it and see which scenario or euphemism suits the character best.
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The obvious hints are support for any potential murderer, and the "If I had done it ..." comments.
"If we're lucky, somebody killed him, and we owe them a party. Maybe I'll throw it!"
"If I did it, they'd never find the body. I know just what I'd do."
"I hope he's dead. I know how I'd do it, and I'd get away with it, too. People underestimate me."
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