home work- essay plan

 according to Claude levis-strauss, texts convey their meanings through a system of binary oppositions.

evaluate this structuralist theory. refer to the set episode of humans in your response. 


one of the fundamental ways we make sense of is through binary opposition or 2 diametrically opposed concepts that end up dining each other 

Levi Strauss created the theory of binary opposites -the majority of narratives in media forms contain opposing main characters. These binary opposites help to thicken the plot and further the narrative; and introduce contrast. they also create meaning withoit one we cannot understand the other. 

man v machine

 - their roles within the world and when do they over lap and machine start to take over (singularity)

Anita v Laura

 - Anita is a threat to her role in the family 

humans are seen as a superior being and yet their creation provides a threat the the human construction of family. anita is portrayed as a domestic help through simple tascs such as ironing. 

their roles challenge a range of female representations as 

progress v regression

- progress of conscious, its own entity not machine 

male v women

- gender role 

the use of gender is used to represent that in real world. its binary opposition shows the unfair divide and comparison between the 2 and their roles. women being highly sexualised where as men are seen as the dominant having the knowledge and power to create the machines. 

uses sexuaosed representation of women to explore sexism in modern society

the guy is seen as cative trying to find the car, beung more active rather than passive, as the women are represented as 

old v young

- conflict between daughter and parents  

matty and her mum are compared in their views, despite the mums highly powerful job as  a lawyer she is still see as a mother before any other role, valuing her family and seeing anita as a threat to her role. where as matty sees the situation from a different view s anita is seen as a threat to the mass population taking jobs. 


structuring a response

introduction-

  • point 
  • evidence 
  • explain

paragraph-

  • definition 
  • argument 
  • context 

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