Example of foil in romeo and juliet?

Question:please provide act, scene, and line(s).

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Mercutio, the witty skeptic, is a foil for Romeo, the young Petrarchan lover. Mercutio mocks Romeo’s vision of love and the poetic devices he uses to express his emotions:

Romeo, Humors! Madman! Passion! Lover!

Appear thou in the likeness of a sigh,

Speak but one rhyme and I am satisfied.

(II.1.7–9)

Mecrutio provides a complete opposite to the Romeo that we know. He is not a romantic at all, and prefers to think of love as a purely 'physical' idea.
Mecrutios concept of love is contrasted so entirely in Romeos idealized notion of romantic union.

In Act I, Scene 4, when Romeo describes his love for Rosaline using the image of love as a rose with thorns, Mercutio mocks this conventional device by punning bawdily:

If love be rough with you, be rough with love;

Prick love for pricking and you beat love down.

(I.4.27–28)

Mercutio’s speech (concerning Queen Mab), while building tension for Romeo’s first meeting with Juliet at the Capulet ball, indicates that although Mercutio is Romeo’s friend, he can never be his confidant. As the play progresses, Mercutio remains unaware of Romeo’s love and subsequent marriage to Juliet.

Hope this helps- and I also hope you have read the play and given it a chance. When you understand how clever it is as a whole Romeo and Juliet is far more appealing, so I hope all my answers are providing you with a more sound base to work on. (=