Binary Opposites
What are the binary opposites of...
• Strong• Powerful• Active• Heroic• Good• Dominant• Practical• Logical
What are the binary opposites of...
• Strong• Powerful• Active• Heroic• Good• Dominant• Practical• Logical
• Weak• Powerless• Passive• Cowardly• Evil• Submissive• Impractical• Illogical
Watch this scene from Spiderman 2 (Raimi, 2004).
Identify the binary opposites that have been used and explain:
1. How do they enhance the narrative?2. How do they create a sense of masculinity and
femininity?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=fvwp&v=N6AoCZ2CaBI
Watch this clip from Zombieland (Fleischer, 2009).(Shopping mall scene – where the female characters are introduced)Explain how the narrative plays on audience expectations of binary opposites?
Compare this to the ending of the film. Does the representation of men/women change at the end?
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