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A sort of term in which two opposite characters are so different that they make each other standout, so much that they become known. William Shakespeare is a master at incorporating foils into his plays. One play is Romeo and Juliet with many sets of foils which effectively contrasts the characters personalities in the play. In the play, there are two separate families, the Montagues and the Capulets that are at ease with each other, they are constantly fighting in the town of Verona and have been mortal enemies for a long time. Some family members are fighters and want to fight the others all the time, whereas other family members are peacekeepers and do not want to fight, this causes a lot of drama. Shakespeare uses the literary device of a foil effectively in Romeo and Juliet by tieing the foil into the families’ disputes and hate towards each
