Question

The playwright wanted to include the Mother Figure __________ in her play, so she added a wise grandmother to the script.

a. friend
b. plot
c. foil
d. archetype

Answer 1

Hints:
Choice A does not make sense.
The plot is the entire point of the story. (Technically, if the story was summarized, the summary would be a short description of the plot.)
A foil is a character who serves to reveal the personality of another character. (An example being how Hermione Granger is a foil to Ron Weasley; Hermione shows that Ron is *initially* struggling in Hogwarts, and Ron in turn shows that Hermione is a very bright student.)
An archetype is sort of like a stereotype, except that an archetype is more of everyone's universally-shared image of said character. (An example of an archetype: for instance, the detective archetype. When people hear "detective", they may think of Sherlock Holmes. He certainly can serve as a detective archetype.)

I hope that helps! (^_^)