Binary opposition

The binary opposition of Manuela and Lola is the main axis of the film and is a representation of identity. The plural identity is a new challenge for the postmodern society, reflected in film fiction of when this film was made. The main ideas, orientations and motivations…

always in relation and opposition with one another as they both search for a definition to the origins of homosexuality (Sedgwick 40). Beginning with essentialist, homosexuality is viewed as biologically formed through genetic makeup, hence homosexuals are born this way (Sedgwick 42). This creates a platform for the acceptance of homosexuality as a minority group, to be viewed like other minorities in society such as racial minorities (“Born this Way?”). Looking towards its binary opposite,…

and the Chinatown, but Kingston finally realizes that she has the final say in her “choice” of identity (). In summary, silence and voice are both themes which can be easily found in The Woman Warrior. Oftentimes, they are regarded as binaries. The binary opposition silence and voice is closely related to power relations. Whereas the former one, according to Hunt, signifies weakness and inferiority, the latter one is linked to superiority (7). However, Parrott suggests otherwise. He says that…

Neil Gaiman, known for his surreal tales that bend ideas of space and time, transformed the comic book world with his first episode of Preludes and Nocturnes from The Sandman series. Throughout his career, his stories explore the interrelationship between rationality and irrationality, especially in conjunction with dreams. In his 1999 essay “Reflections on Myth,” Gaiman meditates on the nature of mythology and its connection to dreaming, stating that the new mythologies of magic and science and…

Kenneth Burke’s “A Grammar of Motives” introduces the five key terms of his Dramatism theory, in order to understand human relationships: “What is involved, when we say what people are doing and why they are doing it?”. (Burke, 1945:xv) His pentad has been applied by rhetorical critics and discourse analysts alike and presents itself as a universal heuristic of motives capable of discerning between the motion of objects and the action of humans. For this distinction the five motives arise and…

‘How do the features of a restricted narrative build suspense for the audience in Psychological Thriller films?’ I will be analysing the narrative structure of Psychological Thrillers, as well as the ideologies that distinguish thriller films from suspense films; by completing this research, I will gain an understanding of how texts are constructed in this genre to be effective at producing suspense throughout the narrative. The research I will be conducting will be referencing two films…

An extension of the structuralism methods includes the Derridean linguistic methods of deconstruction. Hills Like White Elephants consistently suggests the ideas of pregnancy and abortion. The title itself contains the word hills that could be in reference to a baby bump; furthermore, the world elephants contain nine letters that insinuate the idea of the nine months term that occurs during pregnancy. When viewing the text through the deconstructive theoretical lens, the words hills and…

The issue of gender versus sex is a relevant discussion in our society today. We have begun to unsubscribe from the idea that biological sex determines gender, and instead acknowledge that they are separate from one another. As we start to recognize the difference between the two, a question emerges; should we eliminate the concept of gender altogether? While gender is a socially constructed idea, it is also an important identifying agent in our world and has important cultural meaning to us. We…

In American society, colored people, especially African-American people went through agony and racial discrimination even after the American civil war. There were challenges because of the color in the multiracial American society. Why do African-Americans choose to pass for white whenever they have chances? Among the African-Americans, their colors are different depending upon their origins and genes. Some people might have light color so that most people cannot recognize whether they are…

The signing of the Camp David Accords on 17th of September 1978 is considered one of the political events that have sparked off wide-scale controversy that continues today. The peoples and individuals concerned with the Accords were divided between supporters who described it as a ‘Peace Gate’, and opponents who considered it a ‘Trojan Horse’ . It is not easy to find a party with a middle ground between the supporters who called for ‘settlement and peaceful co-existence’ and the opponents who…