Levi Strauss binary opposition theory

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Binary opposition theory 


Narrative Theories: Levi – Strauss and Binary Opposites – mollynewmana2media
(A picture of Levi Strauss)

A notion of "binary opposites" was put forth by French anthropologist Levi Strauss in the 1900s. According to this idea, most media narratives, including those in novels and movies, feature key characters who are in opposition to one another. These polar opposites serve to introduce contrast, advance the story, and thicken the storyline.

Binary opposites can be main characters , or colours , or anything that are complete opposite to each other 

Good/bad 
Light/dark 
Day/night 


For example 

Batman the dark night 
Batman and Joker (drawing) by FlyinFreak on DeviantArt
From this picture I can depict 2 binary opposites , Good vs Evil and Dark vs light 

with batman being the dark with his all black costume while still being the good guy 
while joker is the light in the picture but is the Evil 


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