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foil

character who contrasts with another character of a narrative work
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foil

Summary

foil is a narrative role[1]. foil draws 518 Wikipedia views per month (narrative_role category, ranking #4 of 16).[2]

Key Facts

  • foil's instance of is recorded as narrative role[3].
  • foil's subclass of is recorded as character[4].
  • foil's opposite of is recorded as parallel character[5].
  • foil's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02l0zm[6].
  • foil's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as art/foil-literature[7].
  • foil's different from is recorded as antagonist[8].
  • foil's TV Tropes ID is recorded as Main/Foil[9].

Why It Matters

foil draws 518 Wikipedia views per month (narrative_role category, ranking #4 of 16).[2] foil is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). foil. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/foil
MLA “foil.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/foil.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_foil_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{foil}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/foil}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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