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The Tempest

by William Shakespeare (adapted excerpt)

MIRANDA: If by your art, my dearest father, you have
Put the wild waters in this roar, allay them.
The sky, it seems, would pour down stinking pitch,
But that the sea, mounting to the welkin's cheek,
Dashes the fire out. Oh, I have suffered
With those that I saw suffer. A brave vessel
Who had, no doubt, some noble creature in her
Dashed all to pieces. Oh, the cry did knock
Against my very heart! Poor souls, they vanished.
Had I been any source of power, I would
Have sunk the sea within the earth or ere
It should the good ship so have swilled and
The fraughting souls within her.

Which type of dramatic element is Shakespeare using?

A. soliloquy
B. monologue
C. aside
D. prologue