Showing posts with label Don Quixote. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Don Quixote. Show all posts

Friday, January 28, 2011

Foil - Things Learned while reading "The Hound of the Baskervilles" - Sherlock Holmes

Don Quixote and his sidekick Sancho Panza unsu...Image via Wikipedia Don Quixote and his sidekick Sancho Panza, by Gustave Doré: their character contrasts are made manifest not only by their behavior, but also by their physical appearance.

"I feel a foil as quick and supple as my own. "

Foil (literature) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "In fiction, a foil is a character who contrasts with another character (usually the protagonist) in order to highlight various features of that other character's personality, throwing these characteristics into sharper focus."
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