Let us go, through certain half-deserted streets,
the muttering retreats
of restless nights in one-night cheap hotels
and sawdust restaurants with oyster-shells:
how is this excerpt an example of dramatic monologue?
the narrator is addressing the audience directly.
the narrator is able to see into two character’s heads.
the narrator is jumping from one topic to the next topic.
the narrator is using long, interconnected sentences.

The answer is A. The narrator is addressing the audience directly

Answer and explanation:

The excerpt we are analyzing here belongs to the famous poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock", by T. S. Eliot. The speaker in the poem is the character, Prufrock, who suffers for not being able to convey his feelings to other people. He is shy and anxious, always predicting the worst case scenario when considering human interactions.

The poem itself is a dramatic monologue. The speaker is addressing someone, unveiling his thoughts and emotions, his fears and concerns. Since the poem does not offer an interlocutor to Prufrock's words, it is safe to assume he is speaking directly to his audience, to his readers ("The narrator is addressing the audience directly" is the best answer for that reason). When he says, "you and I", or "let us", it is the reader he is inviting, as if the reader is the only friend he'll ever have. They do not need to interact, though. Prufrock is speaking his mind, but he does not wish a response - he might even fear it. It is enough that the reader knows his thoughts; life shall go on for all, happily or unhappily.

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