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    Katherine Character Foil

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    Within both stories those pillars become challenged through this foil’s actions. Her foil being a man whose sole intent is to marry/date Katherine‚ this man’s name is Petruchio/Patrick in Taming of the Shrew and 10 Things I Hate About You respectively. With this first meeting the beginning of the end takes effect as the character of Petruchio/Patrick

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    The story of Antigone is full of issues regarding leadership and the conflict surrounding these issues. Creon decisions and choices were influenced by his inexperience in leadership. His forceful style leads him straight to disaster which results in losing his son and wife. This disaster was a direct result of his decision to kill Antigone for disobeying his edict regarding the forbidden burial of her brother‚ Polyneices. He believed his rules were superior‚ even to those unwritten statues of the

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    Relationship between Antigone and Creon Antigone is a play written by Sophocles. The genre of the play that Sophocles wrote was based on tragedy. It is one of the first plays that use tragedy. In the play a young girl named Antigone‚ stands up against her uncle Creon who is the king. She stands up for her rights‚ so that she can give a religious burial to Polynices. She was a girl with a lot of will power. This essay talks about the relationship between Antigone and Creon. This essay would contain paragraphs

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    Benvolio And Tybalt Foil

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    In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare‚ Benvolio and Tybalt are considered a dramatic foil. Benvolio is a peacemaker. Tybalt is one who looks for fights. Tybalt and Benvolio are complete opposites. In the opening scene‚ Benvolio and Mercutio are out in the town when Tybalt approaches them. Benvolio tries to stop a fight to break out but draws his sword out of sheer protection as stated‚ “I do but keep the peace. Put up thy sword‚ or manage it to part these men with me.” (1.1.61-62).

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    More's Foil Character

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    In the play “A Man for All Seasons” by Robert Bolt the character Sir Thomas Mores characteristics are brought out by a couple of other characters in the play. Thomas More encounters characters in situations that really bring out the personality of Thomas More. One of these characters is Richard Rich. This character clearly helps the reader with understanding Thomas More better and better as they interact with each other in the play. This character contrasts from Thomas More by the way More believes

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    Similarities between Creon and Antigone In Sophocles’ play Antigone‚ Creon was engaged in a conflict with Oedipus’ daughter Antigone. Creon and Antigone did not see eye-to-eye the entire play due to extreme differences. Creon and Antigone had many similarities despite their enormous discrepancies. Having as many differences as they did‚ it made them uniquely similar in numerous ways. The similarities that Antigone and Creon shared were independence‚ loyalty toward their views‚ cruelty and arrogance

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    There are many foils used for the antagonist Hamlet in the play Hamlet‚ written by Shakespeare. We get a list of characters that amplify all Hamlet’s distinct qualities by the contrast of their own. Laertes bears one of the strongest contrast with Hamlet. Laertes and Ophelia being the children of Polonius- the chief counselor for the late Hamlet Sr‚ grew up in the castle with Hamlet. They all developed a close relationships with one another and a sense of loyalty. However‚ a mutiny within the kingdom

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    idea. Thrown‚ unaided and ignorant‚ into the world‚ the creature begins his own journey into the discovery of the strange and hidden meanings encoded in human language and society. In this essay‚ I will discuss how the creature can be regarded as a foil to Frankenstein through an examination of the schooling‚ formal and informal‚ that both of them go through. In some ways‚ the creature’s gain in knowledge can be seen to parallel Frankenstein’s‚ such as‚ when the creature begins to learn from books

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    Atticus Finch Foil

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    A minor character‚ often known as a foil‚ possesses traits that emphasize‚ by contrast or comparison‚ the distinctive characteristics and qualities of the main character. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ the novel portrays a society that is remarkably unfair: in the 1930’s in the Southern United States in a small town where racism is part of the very fabric of society. Bob Ewell demonstrates the theme racial prejudice through his racial slurs‚ while the main character Atticus Finch

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    Creon & Macbeth as Tragic Heroes Both Creon and Macbeth struggle with the decisions they make‚ pertaining to their new fond power‚ because they are over taken by their power‚ by make wrong choices that make their characters change. In a self-fulfilling prophecy‚ Macbeth‚ dishonorably takes the crown. Looking out for himself‚ he is despised by everyone for what he had done and is forced to spend his short reign in paranoia. Creon on the other hand‚ experiences a contrary reign as king. He falls into

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