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The foil to serious character would be someone who is?
funny
Elizabethan tragedies include a character that is often used to contrast with the distinctive traits of a more central serious character That less serious character is known as the?
The less serious character in Elizabethan tragedies that contrasts with the more central serious character is known as the "foil." Foils are used to highlight the strengths and weaknesses of the main character through comparison.
What is a foil character?
Literally, a foil is a fencing sword, used primarily in sparring. A fencer who wants to improve his performance would spar with someone who is as good or better than he is. Metaphorically, therefore, a foil is any character whose appearance in the story serves to bring out the characteristics of the main character more clearly, usually by acting in conflict with or in contrast to that character.
Because a foil highlights by contrast the foil of a brave character would likely be?
cowardly
Because a foil highlights by contras the foil of a brave character would likely be?
fearful
What is the purpose of a character foil?
A foil is a character placed beside the protagonist to bring out his or her qualities. For instance, if one character (the foil) treats someone poorly and the protagonist treats the same person well, the compassion of the main character is more noticeable.
Character whose lighthearted ways contrasts with the heavier more serious nature of the tragic hero is known as?
Comic foil
What is a foil as a character?
A foil is a character that highlights the qualities of another character through contrast.
What is a romantic foil in fiction?
In literature a 'foil' is a character that characterizes another character by contrast. A 'romantic foil' would simply be a foil in a romantic story, where the conflict and contrast have something to do with romance. The classic example of a foil is Lucy Westenra and Wilhelmina Harker (Nee Murray) in the novel Dracula. Another classic example of a romantic foil would be Carmen and Micaëla.
Why would an author include a foil in a play?
To provide an opposite to a character
Why would a author include a foil in a play?
To provide an opposite to a character
A character whose lighthearted ways contrasts with the heavier more serious nature of the tragic hero is known as?
A character whose lighthearted ways contrast with the heavier, more serious nature of the tragic hero is known as the comic foil.
