Hamlet
Hamlets foil Define a “foil” and describe two characters who serve as Hamlet’s “foils.” Two characters who serve as Hamlet’s foil are Laertes and ? There is even direct reference that Laertes is one, since Hamlet himself states in Act 5, Scene 2, “I’ll be your foil, Laertes: in mine ignorance.” So it is known for certain that Laertes, Ophelia’s brother is also like a foil to Hamlet. Two characters who serve as Hamlet’s foil are Laertes and ? There is even direct reference that Laertes is one, since Hamlet himself states in Act 5, Scene 2, “I’ll be your foil, Laertes: in mine ignorance.