Foil in literature is character who is presented as contrast to second character as point to or show to advantage , or some aspects of second character. Sherlock Holmes and his sidekick , dr Watson are one of most famous foil characters . Opposite of foil character is central character. Foil in literature comes in form of antagonist ( adversary) but they can also be sidekick , mentor , friend or parents, they can also even be animal, or subplot which foil your character progress . Authors use foil to help readers recognize and understand important qualities, characteristics, and motivations of various characters. Thank you for your wonderful literary educational channel.
You know, this is precisely what I needed. I wondered how to have my characters shine brilliantly in a way that feels organic, and foils are the perfect tool for that! Glad I subscribed. :)
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Is there a book you’d recommend that gives us the different character types -Foil, round, flat, and etc? The book I’m reading “Writing fiction” doesn’t mention foil characters.
Great question, @lamoda! We'll ask our creative writing faculty and will get back to you if they have any suggestions. In the meantime, we hope visitors to this thread will feel free to chime in.
@@SWLF I’m so impressed with the quality, clarity, and consistency of these tutorials and would love to learn more about how you’ve brought them together, spread out the workload, and created such an admirable and useful series. It’s a testament to interdisciplinary collaboration!
@@anthonycuda7876 Thanks so much, Anthony! It is a lot of work (we now have a 4-person committee devoted to managing these videos), but it has been a fun project to oversee and it has grown far more quickly than we could have imagined when we started back in 2019. Essentially, we drafted a list of initial terms and then solicited interest from faculty (and now some grad students), who have been incredibly generous with their time. Now that the logistics have been worked out, the biggest time commitments still involve setting up the recording space for a shoot (we lost our regular space during the pandemic) and video editing, which we spread out between 3 people. We're still learning, of course, but that's the point of being at a university!
Great question, shipra! The antihero is discussed in our "What is a Protagonist?" video. Check that one out and let us know if you still have any questions.
@@SWLF I saw that video. It's not always necessary for the hero to make noble deeds. So even if we don't like Marlowe's Tamburlaine, he is still the protagonist of the play right?
Foil in literature is character who is presented as contrast to second character as point to or show to advantage , or some aspects of second character. Sherlock Holmes and his sidekick , dr Watson are one of most famous foil characters . Opposite of foil character is central character. Foil in literature comes in form of antagonist ( adversary) but they can also be sidekick , mentor , friend or parents, they can also even be animal, or subplot which foil your character progress . Authors use foil to help readers recognize and understand important qualities, characteristics, and motivations of various characters. Thank you for your wonderful literary educational channel.
Nice work here, Khatoon!
You know, this is precisely what I needed. I wondered how to have my characters shine brilliantly in a way that feels organic, and foils are the perfect tool for that! Glad I subscribed. :)
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Is there a book you’d recommend that gives us the different character types -Foil, round, flat, and etc? The book I’m reading “Writing fiction” doesn’t mention foil characters.
Great question, @lamoda! We'll ask our creative writing faculty and will get back to you if they have any suggestions. In the meantime, we hope visitors to this thread will feel free to chime in.
So well done, as always!
Thanks so much for your continued support, Anthony!
@@SWLF I’m so impressed with the quality, clarity, and consistency of these tutorials and would love to learn more about how you’ve brought them together, spread out the workload, and created such an admirable and useful series. It’s a testament to interdisciplinary collaboration!
@@anthonycuda7876 Thanks so much, Anthony! It is a lot of work (we now have a 4-person committee devoted to managing these videos), but it has been a fun project to oversee and it has grown far more quickly than we could have imagined when we started back in 2019. Essentially, we drafted a list of initial terms and then solicited interest from faculty (and now some grad students), who have been incredibly generous with their time. Now that the logistics have been worked out, the biggest time commitments still involve setting up the recording space for a shoot (we lost our regular space during the pandemic) and video editing, which we spread out between 3 people. We're still learning, of course, but that's the point of being at a university!
Great video! Could you suggest me some books to learn more about foil characters? Thank you
Thanks so much for your kind words, Juliana! We'll reach out to the script writer for this one and will let you know if they have any recommendations.
How anti-hero and villain are different or are they the same?
Great question, shipra! The antihero is discussed in our "What is a Protagonist?" video. Check that one out and let us know if you still have any questions.
@@SWLF I saw that video. It's not always necessary for the hero to make noble deeds. So even if we don't like Marlowe's Tamburlaine, he is still the protagonist of the play right?
@@shiprapathak6470 Nice work, shipra. We agree!