“but, soft! what light through yonder window breaks? it is the east, and juliet is the sun.”

this quote allows the audience to hear romeo's thoughts about juliet.

dialogue spoken for the benefit of the audience rather than another character onstage is called
a. an aside.
b. a soliloquy.
c. a monologue.
d. a speech.

The answer is "he was bad enough in all conscience, but the devil himself could not temp him to turn slave-trader. satirical is a synonym for sarcastic. so when the author says that tom walker could not be tempted by the devil he does not literally mean "the devil" but he means that he is too morally upright to become a slave-trader.