Foil Characters · 陪衬人物
A foil exists to show someone else
- Foil characters (foils) serve to illuminate, through contrast, the traits, attributes or values of another character.
- The verb is illuminate: the foil's job is to make someone else visible.
- So a foil is defined by its function, not by any quality of its own.
A foil needs no villain’s cape; their job is to make somebody else easier to see.
陪衬人物的存在,是为了显示另一个人
- 陪衬人物(foils)通过对照,来照亮另一个人物的特征、属性或价值。
- 关键动词是照亮:陪衬人物的职责,是让另一个人变得可见。
- 因此陪衬人物是由其功能定义的,而不是由它自身的任何特质。
陪衬人物不必披反派斗篷；他们的工作是让另一个人更容易被看清。
Select all · 所有 the things a foil can illuminate, per the CED. · 根据CED，选择陪衬人物能阐明的所有内容。
The foil's job is to make another character visible. · 陪衬人物的作用是使另一个角色显现出来。
The CED's verb for what a foil does is to ____ another character through contrast. · CED中描述陪衬作用的动词是通过对比来____另一个角色。
So a foil is defined by its function, not by a quality of its own. · 因此，陪衬是由其功能定义的，而非由其自身特质定义。
Name what is illuminated
- The CED names three things a foil can illuminate: traits, attributes or values.
- X is a foil for Y identifies a pair and stops.
- X's ease with money makes Y's carefulness legible as fear rather than virtue is the analysis.
说出被照亮的是什么
- CED 点出陪衬人物可以照亮三样东西:特征、属性或价值。
- X 是 Y 的陪衬只是指认了一对人物,到此为止。
- X 对金钱的从容,使 Y 的谨慎读起来是恐惧而不是美德才是分析。
The strongest foil is a character who is the opposite of the protagonist in every way. · 最强烈的陪衬是一个在各方面都与主角截然相反的角色。
The strongest foils match on almost everything and differ on one · 一个 axis. · 最强烈的陪衬在几乎所有方面都相似，仅在一个维度上存在差异。
A foil is not an opposite
- Students often look for a character who is the reverse of the protagonist in everything.
- The strongest foils differ on one axis and match on the rest — which is what makes the difference visible.
- Two characters alike in everything but one thing form a controlled comparison.
陪衬人物不是对立面
- 学生常常去找一个在一切方面都与主人公相反的人物。
- 最有力的陪衬只在一条轴上相异,其余都相似——正是这一点使差异变得可见。
- 除一处外处处相似的两个人物,构成了一次受控的比较。
Is this a working foil analysis? · 这是一个有效的陪衬分析吗？
Sort each statement by how far it goes. · 根据每个陈述的深度对其进行排序。
Two characters alike in everything but one thing form... · 除一件事外在其他方面都相似的两个角色构成了...
Holding everything else constant is what makes the one difference legible. · 保持其他一切不变，正是这使得那一个差异变得清晰可辨。
A foil is not an opposite in everything. The strongest foils match on almost everything and differ on one axis — that is what makes the difference legible. Hunting for a character who reverses the protagonist in every respect usually finds nobody, or finds the wrong person.
陪衬人物并不是在一切方面都相反。最有力的陪衬几乎处处相似,只在一条轴上相异——正是这一点让差异变得可读。去找一个在每一方面都与主人公相反的人物,通常什么也找不到,或者找错人。
Foils can run both ways
- A foil illuminates the other character, and often the reverse is also true.
- When the illumination runs both ways, the pair is doing more work than a one-sided foil.
- Say which direction the text emphasises, and whether the second direction is available.
陪衬可以是双向的
- 陪衬人物照亮另一个人物,而反过来往往也成立。
- 当照亮是双向的时,这一对人物所做的工作,多于单向的陪衬。
- 说出文本强调的是哪个方向,以及另一个方向是否也成立。
Put the foil pass in order. · 将陪衬段落按顺序排列。
The shared list should be long — that is what makes the foil work. · 共同点列表应该很长——这正是陪衬起作用的原因。
A foil pass
- Name the pair, then list what they share — that list should be long.
- Name the single axis on which they differ.
- Then say what that difference makes visible about the character being illuminated.
陪衬检查
- 说出这一对人物,然后列出他们的共同之处——这份清单应当很长。
- 说出他们相异的那唯一一条轴。
- 然后说出这一差异,使被照亮的那个人物身上的什么变得可见。
Two cousins: same age, same schooling, same debts, same house. One asks for help once; the other never does. Everything held constant except the asking — so the novel can make a claim about pride that neither character alone would support.
两个表亲:同龄、同样的学历、同样的债务、同一所房子。一个开口求过一次助;另一个从不开口。除"是否开口"外一切保持不变——于是这部小说得以就骄傲提出一个主张,而这是任何一个人物单独都支撑不了的。
Foils illuminate, through contrast, the traits, attributes or values of another character — so name what is illuminated, not just the pair. The strongest foils match on almost everything and differ on one axis, and illumination often runs both ways.
陪衬人物通过对照,照亮另一个人物的特征、属性或价值——因此要说出被照亮的是什么,而不只是这一对人物。最有力的陪衬几乎处处相似,只在一条轴上相异,而照亮往往是双向的。