Claude Levi-Strauss - Binary Oppositions

Claude Levi-Strauss was a French anthropologist. He examined how stories unconsciously reflect the values, beliefs and myths of a culture. He stated that there are usually expressed in the form of oppositions in the text.







Umberto Eco applied this theory to a group of Bond novels and uncovered a number of oppositions in them including:

Bond <-> M

Bond <-> Villain
Bond <-> M

Villain <-> Woman

Woman <-> Bond

Duty <-> Sacrifice

Love <-> Death

Luxury <-> Discomfort

Chance <-> Planning

and many more...

Binary oppositions are a key feature in many narratives and films and we should work to include these in our opening.