Binary oppositions

Hey, in todays lesson we learnt about Levi Strauss idea of binary oppositions. He was a French anthropologist who lived in the early 1900's. He believed that the way we understand certain words doesn't depend not so much on any meaning themselves directly contain, but much more by our understanding of the difference between the word and its 'opposite'


Mostly we see binary opposites in thrillers because they have them in their plots. Frequently we see the opposites of hero vs villain or supernatural vs human. In the thriller context we have to use theses opposites because it engages the audience with the film.