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Binary Opposites

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

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Binary Opposites

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  1. Binary Opposites

  2. What are the binary opposites of... • Strong • Powerful • Active • Heroic • Good • Dominant • Practical • Logical

  3. What are the binary opposites of... • Strong • Powerful • Active • Heroic • Good • Dominant • Practical • Logical • Weak • Powerless • Passive • Cowardly • Evil • Submissive • Impractical • Illogical

  4. Watch this scene from Spiderman 2 (Raimi, 2004). Identify the binary opposites that have been used and explain: • How do they enhance the narrative? • How do they create a sense of masculinity and femininity? http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=fvwp&v=N6AoCZ2CaBI

  5. 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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