Binary Opposites-
He believed that the way we understood certain words depends not so much on their actual meaning but by our understanding it’s ‘opposite’. He then produced the theory binary opposites. A protagonist and antagonist or Heroine and villain are both examples of binary opposites. Binary opposites are very frequently used in films, especially in the horror genre, many of the films include binary oppositions in their plots. Good and evil is the most common binary opposite shown to the public through the media field on different platforms. They are usually the basis of our understanding of a story as it is a conventional narrative and are used in music videos as part of a narrative to reinforce song lyrics. Levi Strauss’ theory coincides with our 'ideological' perspectives in the world. He also stated that there is a human need to classify.
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