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An Index, and a frequent Super-Trope.
In text, providing internal monologue is easy; the author simply writes down the character's thoughts.
In theater, movies, and television, giving internal monologue is trickier. These are the various methods of Externalizing Internal Monologue.
- Aside (normally only seen in theater)
- Aside Comment (the broader version, only sometimes used for this)
- Captain's Log
- Converse with the Unconscious
- Flash Back, when seen through the eyes of one character.
- Floating Advice Reminder
- Good Angel, Bad Angel
- Inner Monologue
- Inner Monologue Conversation
- The Man in the Mirror Talks Back
- Mirror Monologue
- Private Eye Monologue
- The Rashomon requires either this, or wildly different events.
- Soliloquy
- Talking to the Dead
- Thinking Out Loud
- Whole-Episode Flashback when seen and narrated through one set of eyes.