The winter's tale
by william shakespeare

act v
scene iii.

a chapel in paulina's house.

leontes: o, peace, paulina.
thou shouldst a husband take by my consent,
as i by thine a wife: this is a match,
and made between's by vows. thou hast found mine;
but how, is to be question'd; for i saw her,
as i thought, dead, and have in vain said many
a prayer upon her grave. i'll not seek far—
for him, i partly know his mind—to find thee
an honourable husband. come, camillo,
and take her by the hand; whose worth and honesty
is richly noted, and here justified
by us, a pair of kings. let's from this place.
what! look upon my brother: both your pardons,
that e'er i put between your holy looks
my ill suspicion. this is your son-in-law,
and son unto the king, who heavens directing,
is troth-plight to your daughter. good paulina,
lead us from hence, where we may leisurely
each one demand an answer to his part
perform'd in this wide gap of time since first
we were dissever'd: hastily lead away.
[exeunt]

select the correct answer.
leontes' speech is an example of

a.
a monologue.
b.
a soliloquy.
c.
an epilogue.
d.
an aside.