Public domain canon
Monologues, soliloquies, poems, and speeches you can drill in your browser. Add yours by pasting or uploading a Final Draft file.
William Shakespeare · c. 1600monologue
To Be, or Not to Be
Hamlet, Act III, Scene I
Hamlet contemplates existence, suicide, and the fear of the unknown. The most famous monologue in the English language.
274 words · 33 lines~1.5h to memorize
William Shakespeare · c. 1606monologue
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Macbeth, Act V, Scene V
Hearing of his wife's death, Macbeth delivers the bleakest speech in the canon — a meditation on time, futility, and the meaningless of life.
122 words · 10 lines~1h to memorize
Edgar Allan Poe · 1845poem
The Raven
A poem
A grieving lover is visited at midnight by a black bird that will only say 'Nevermore.' One of the most musical poems in English.
1086 words · 18 lines~4h to memorize