Caesar and Cleopatra

by George Bernard Shaw

Caesar and Cleopatra: Foil 1 key example

Act 4
Explanation and Analysis—Cleopatra and Caesar:

Cleopatra and Caesar are foils of each other in more ways than one: age being perhaps the most obvious of these. Cleopatra is young and inexperienced when she meets Caesar; he, being older and wiser, takes her under his wing and mentors her as she takes on more of a leadership role as queen.