The monologues I have studied are 'A Cream Cracker under the Settee' and 'A lady of Letters'. The monologues have been written by Alan Bennett who is a playwright as well as a film director. A monologue is a long speech by one person. They are usually used to represent the loneliness of one. The two monologues have been described as being modern day tragedies meaning that there is nothing that goes right in the characters lives and usually ends with a sad ending. 'A Cream Cracker under the Settee' is about a character called Doris. The character of...
to grieve properly over the death of her child because of the lack of support she got by her husband. She didn't have much to do as she also lived by herself. She had an obsession with cleaning but she couldn't clean because her legs would go numb whenever she tried to. At the end of the monologue all is well with Irene as she says she's happy now but at the end of 'A Cream Cracker under the Settee' Doris says she is unhappy and she dies. I also think Doris's monologue was more tragic than Irene's monologue.