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Foil

Foil. What is a foil? A character who illuminates some of the qualities of another character by providing a contrast with those qualities. Victor’s Foils?. Robert Walton Alphonse Frankenstein The monster Elizabeth God. 2008 Question 3 Prompt.

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Foil

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  1. Foil • What is a foil? • A character who illuminates some of the qualities of another character by providing a contrast with those qualities

  2. Victor’s Foils? • Robert Walton • Alphonse Frankenstein • The monster • Elizabeth • God

  3. 2008 Question 3 Prompt • In a literary work, 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. For example, the ideas or behavior of the minor character might be used to highlight the weaknesses or strengths of the main character. • Choose a novel or play in which a minor character serves as a foil to the main character. Then write an essay in which you analyze how the relations between the minor character and the major character illuminates the meaning of the work.

  4. Homework • Due Thursday 9/29 • Notes on all of Victor’s foils • Due Monday 10/3 • Polished essay responding to prompt

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