BY DANIEL RUSSELL How many times have you heard one of your English teachers say "...and he/she is a foil character to the main character"? Have you ever wondered what "foil" even means? If you have, then read on!
A foil character is simply a character that brings out certain traits in the main character. The foil character is meant to contrast the main character in a novel so that certain qualities in the main character can be brought out. FOR EXAMPLE: In the book "A Tale of Two Cities", by Charles Dickens, Charles Darnay is a foil to Sydney Carton. Although they are very similar to each other, they have completely different characters at the beginning of the book. By the end of the book, however, Carton's interactions with Darnay change him as a person, because he sees the faults in his own life reflected in Darnay's. Think of a foil character as a complimentary color relationship - for example, red and green. Red brings out the color green like no other color can. Likewise, a foil character can bring out the characteristics of the main character like no other can.
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BY HANNAH VERMONT Welcome to week 2 of Poetry 101 with the Poetry Princess! Today, as promised, we will focus on some of the most popular types of poetry and how to create them.
BY HANNAH VERMONT Poetry sometimes gets a bad wrap. The majority of people wouldn't really know what a good poem looks like because they can't decipher the bad from the good. Essentially, it's all poetry to them. But it really isn't.
BY SAM PAULEY Bella wistfully detected her gaze towards the luminary before her, belovedly christened Edward, staring into his obsidian orbs as they playfully appraised her own cognac globular organs with a distinct sensation of ardor, and all the while her abdomen effervesced fearfully as if enchanted by a singular coterie of papillons.
Translation: Bella looked at Edward. He looked back. She had butterflies in her stomach because she liked him. Further Translation: Bad writing. If I never have to write a sentence like that again, it will be too soon. |
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