Hamlets Foil
Characters who are Foil to the Protagonist Hamlet Shakespeare’s Hamlet, protagonist of the 16th century play entitled Hamlet is thought by many English literature scholars to be the greatest character ever created in the English language. ... However, all of Hamlet’s deep emotions and character traits are brought on by his interaction with other characters in the novel, this is referred to as foil. Without Hamlet’s foil characters namely Horatio, Fortenbras and Laertes, and Ophelia he is little more than a common price that thrives on emotional choices.