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    Quote Response “‘... in the ease of his temper‚ and the straitness of his means‚ he appeared to have utterly lost at this time the idea of educating me at all’” (p.58). In Great Expectations‚ Joe’s father made alcohol a priority‚ forgetting about the fact that his own son needed to be educated. This is exactly like Charles Dickens’ childhood since he couldn’t get an education either because his father went to jail for his debts. Both Joe and Charles Dickens had to work at a really young age to

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    Okonkwo's Foil

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    Diana DeBernardis‚ 5 Mr. Rosenberry Honors English 11 December 19‚ 2012 Okonkwo’s Foil “Opposites attract.” This is a very cliché quote used by physicists and other scientific personnel‚ but it rings true in many different ways. In literature‚ the correct term for a character that sets off or enhances another character by contrast is called a “foil.” Pairs of characters that are foils to each other have very opposing views and personalities‚ but their presence with each other illustrates the

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    In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby‚ there are many cases that would imply that there is a loss of manner in modernism. The so-called "wealthy" and members of the high society‚ such as Tom Buchanan and Jordan Baker‚ act in a manner towards others that would seem unbefitting of one of his or her "rank." The most poignant example throughout the story is his infidelity. He cheats on his wife Daisy with a common tramp named Myrtle. While this in itself would seem improper for a member of the

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    Examples Of Foils

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    establishes PKD’s favoring of the use of "literary foils". Find a definition for the term‚ and provide an example of a literary foil that is NOT from the current reading (it can be from the other class texts‚ or another famous novel‚ or even a favorite television show). Explain how your outside example works as a foil. Next‚ list the foils for Rick Deckard in Electric Sheep‚ and choose one to investigate fully. How does the juxtaposition of the foil help highlight potential changes

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    In stave 3 Dickens introduces two children called Ignorance and Want who are described as: ‘wretched‚ abject‚ frightful‚ hideous‚ miserable.’ This list of negative adjectives makes the reader empathise with the young children as they are innocent and haven’t chosen to live this saddening life. Dickens also used the adjectives scowling‚ wolfish’ to describe the children which is describing them as wolves and monsters‚ indicating that they have been neglected to live like savages. Poor people‚ throughout

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    Foils In Othello

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    In many pieces of writing throughout time‚ authors use literary foils to help expose the underlying traits of important characters. A literary foil is a character who serves to highlight the character traits of one or more other characters by presenting a contrast. In the play Othello‚ the author‚ William Shakespeare‚ presents Emilia‚ the antagonist Iago’s wife‚ as a literary foil to Desdemona‚ the protagonist Othello’s wife. In Act 4 Scene 3 of Othello‚ Emilia and Desdemona discuss the morality

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    Dickens including the scene where Miss Havisham dress catches fire is symbolic in that she has been wasting her life away‚ while her house falls to ruin around her. At this time she is finally feeling remorse in how she raised Estella‚ treated Pip and in wasting her life. She is begging forgiveness‚ seeking to be absolved and something so tragic happens to her is symbolic and ironic. Pips vision of Miss Havisham hanging from a beam and going back to check on her is foreshadowing in what he

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    Foils in Hamlet

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    Night and Day Many authors use foils to better illustrate the nature of the character. Foils are characters who compliment yet contrast the main character. With the use of foils the reader can get a better understanding of the main character through the dialogue of the foils. In Shakespeare’s Hamlet‚ we find Prince Hamlet foiled by many characters. Each foil revealing something different about Hamlet. One such foil in this play is undoubtedly Laertes‚ the son of Polonius. There are a few

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    introduced as the soon to be wedded man to Hippolyta‚ the Queen of the Amazons. Later on‚ Oberon is introduced as the King of the Fairies. Although both of these characters do not directly interact with one another‚ Theseus and Oberon serve as character foils to one another. The two characters share comparable personalities with one another. However‚ the two have different responses in regards to similar situations. For the reason of such a drastic difference‚ this reveals to us Shakespeare’s point about

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    Foils In Hamlet

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    Hamlet: Contrast Plays A Major Role In William Shakespeare’s Hamlet‚ contrast plays a major role. Characters have foils‚ scenes and ideas contrast each other‚ sometimes within the same soliloquy. One such contrast occurs in Act Five‚ Scene One‚ in the graveyard. Here‚ the relatively light mood in the first half is offset by the grave and somber mood in the second half. The scene opens with two "clowns"‚ who function as a sort of comic relief. This is necessary‚ after the tension of Ophelia’s

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