Levi Strauss' Binary Opposition by Aakena

Levi-Strauss' Binary Opposition

Aakena — 2015-11-24 12:01:48 UTC

Strauss believed that the way we understand certain words depends not so much on any meaning they themselves directly contain ,but much more by our understanding of the difference between the word and it's opposites; Binary opposites, conceptual and visual.

Aakena — 2015-11-24 12:03:50 UTC

Levi- Strauss Binary Opposition- Orphan (2009) Trailer and Clip

Aakena — 2015-11-24 12:13:00 UTC

A film that follows the structure of Levi-Strauss is Orphan, within the trailer and the clip you can get an idea that a young innocent girl is shown and portrayed through out the film and is finally revealed, opposites are shown throughout the film, for example, she is seen as honest and pure however her secret leads her to be deceitful.

Levi-Strauss Opposition- Orphan Clip

Aakena — 2015-11-24 12:16:40 UTC

Within this clip, Esther dresses up and tries to seduce the father, this is the start of the disruption of the equilibrium, as she is mean to be a young child, this is not the behaviour of an innocent young girl. As she fails the mother discovers her true colours from a call from an asylum she was previously at, revealing that she has a condition that makes her appearance seem younger that she actually is, which is a 33 year old woman. Through the phone call the psychiatrist tells the story of her murderous pattern which the mother instantly puts together and rushes to save her family. Through the duration of the call, there are clips of her erratic behaviour, as she gets angry she throws furniture, she wipes off her make up, removes fake teeth showing her rotten ones, removes he velvet chokers around her neck, and wrists smashes the mirror and reveals the villain she really is. She is no longer the innocent "Orphan" anymore