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what is Foil Character and Background Character? please don't give me the stage meaning just fiction. thanks. its really urgent.
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Check the first two paragraphs at this site for foil character:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foil_(literature)
A background character is one who is not evolving, a static character. Check this site... look at Character.
http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/literature/bedlit/glossary_a.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foil_(literature)
A background character is one who is not evolving, a static character. Check this site... look at Character.
http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/literature/bedlit/glossary_a.htm
This site describes a foil character.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foil_(literature)
A background character is one who has little importance to the plot of the story. Examples include a waiter, maid,
man-on-the-street, etc.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foil_(literature)
A background character is one who has little importance to the plot of the story. Examples include a waiter, maid,
man-on-the-street, etc.
What are you reading? There's a terrific example of a foil character and a background character in Hamlet.
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