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Foils
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English - July 22, 2021 16:27 - 18 minutes - 17.1 MBBooks Arts Education fiction learning plot plotting story storytelling writing Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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"Foils" refers to a pair of characters who have similar traits but different fates, like Hamlet and Laertes. You can use a foil to emphasize how a character's experiences, actions, and decisions change the resolution.
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