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    play a trick on him to teach him a lesson. When Malvolio arrives‚ Sir Toby‚ Sir Andrew and Feste are up late at night singing‚ dancing and drinking. Maria comes to tell them to be quiet‚ but does not seem very angry. Malvolio’s attitude is completely different. He asks if they are "mad" and says: "Have ye no wit‚ manners‚ nor honesty‚ but to gabble like tinkers at this time of night?" I would direct him to burst in looking dishevelled and furious‚ but speak in a stage whisper‚ emphasising the

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    In the novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte‚ there are many characters that are foils to each other. Foils have different values and morals‚ and often has a difference is dress and appearance. They enhance the story with new perspectives and images. The point of foils is for each character to highlight each other‚ Blanch Ingram and Jane Eyre and Miss Temple and Aunt Reed are parallels of each other. As soon as Jane Eyre encounters Blanch Ingram it is very obvious that they are complete opposites

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    In the novel Night‚ Elie Wiesel and his father were held captive in many concentration camps he had to face many conflicts; some with other Jews but mainly with himself. Being in a situation like this really had an impact on Wiesel‚ countless times he was faced with tough decisions. One of the most prominent internal conflicts throughout the novel Night is‚ Wiesel’s inner struggle to maintain a relationship with God. In the beginning of the novel the reader can pick up right away that Wiesel and

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    Power of Aluminum Foil Overview Greatly known for its negative impacts but‚ a study revealed of its positive health impacts that outweigh the negative. Aluminum foil is used to cover preserved food in order to make it last long and avoid any contamination. It has ability to heal wounds and scars in a way that you have to wrap the affected area with the foil for a period of 10 hours before unwrapping. Repeat the procedure in 3 times a month to enable permanent healing. Aluminum foil in the kitchen is

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    Eliezer’s Change in Faith At the beginning of Night‚ Eliezer was driven to further his knowledge of the Kabbalah despite his father’s wishes. He was so determined that he found a master in Moishe the Beadle to help him. Together Eliezer and Moishe would read the Zohar to “discover within the very essence of divinity (5).” Eliezer hoped to enter eternity‚ a time that he thought “question and answer would become ONE (5).” However‚ Eliezer’s faith and relationship with God began to change because

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    Shakespeare once said “Love looks not with eyes‚ but with the mind‚ and therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.” William Shakespeare not only makes us realize the true meaning of love‚ but also how love itself is characterized. In the play Twelfth Night‚ Shakespeare demonstrates three main types of love: True love‚ courtly love and profitable love. For instance‚ Viola’s hidden love for Duke Orsino is incomparable to Duke’s self-indulgence and love for Olivia or to Sir Toby’s “friendship” with

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    Foils begin to comes into play during a work of literature when a secondary character is made similar to the main character to bring importance to the main character and his or her relationship with the secondary character. In Shakespeare’s work: Hamlet‚ there are many foils including Fortinbras‚ Claudius‚ and Laertes. These characters have been created to make the audience understand how important Hamlet is in the story. Hamlet and Fortinbras are not the best of friends and they do not see each

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    Hamlet various foils are used to make the play more intricate and complex. These foils involve numerous characters that help develop different relationships and conflicts. They can also be used to help develop or understand a major character. The foil must have some similarities with the main character in order to form a connection with him. A foil must also be different in order to show or distinguish something about the main character. Laertes and Fortinbras are examples of foils in this play because

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    elevated tone‚ and it contains a universal theme. Human nature in The Iliad is presented through many seminal characters that can represent different aspects of humanity. The two main characters of this epic‚ Achilles‚ the swift runner‚ and Hector‚ breaker of horses‚ are two character foils that‚ when combined‚ are able to represent all humanity. Achilles and Hector are character foils‚ meaning they are opposites of each other. For example‚ Hector and Achilles are fighting in different sides of

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    Shakespeare uses foil characters to point out the differences between them. One example of this is when he uses Rosaline as a foil character to compare to Juliet. The first thing you see when Rosaline is compared to Juliet is that Juliet is extremely immature. To prove Juliet’s immaturity is when she is talking about not marring if she can’t be married to Romeo. This is an immature thought because she is acting similar to a child trying to get whatever it wants. Another pair of foil characters is Benvolio

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