Binary opposition

shooting on location offers a sense of thereness that lends authenticity to his argument. Though he is at times preaching to his audience, Gerima retains his status as an artist because of the formal elements of his work. It appears Nietzsche’s binary does not provide us with an unflawed framework for analysis. Barthes’ argument, which exalts Antonioni, implicitly excludes work that could be categorized not just as third cinema or accented cinema, but as “imperfect cinema.” The artist, in this…

representation and the third wave concentrates on de-claiming women’s body. As Judith Butler states in ‘Gender Trouble’ that the notion of sex, sexuality and gender should be challenged by the 'subversive confusion and proliferation' of categories. The binary oppositions of the male and female should be destroyed. This paper further shows how the class elite system questioned the movement of women’s status and how they used gender imagery to portray women as hapless and to be rescued…

The meaning of ‘The Glass Ceiling’ is an unseen, yet unbreakable barrier, keeping women from rising to the upper rungs of the corporate ladder and from earning equal wages to men. Currently, in the UK, women are earning 82p for every £1 earned by men doing exactly the same job as them (The Independent 2014). Many have speculated as to whether the glass ceiling actually exists, and if so, whether it can, or will ever be, broken. To define what has created the glass ceiling is very difficult, and…

Sombart states that “to be German is to be a hero”. He presents the view that heroism is an innate trait exclusive to the German people, arguing racial superiority and strength. He characterises German values and British values to be in extreme binary opposition, manipulating the deep hostilities that already exist between the two nations to propagate support from the public regarding Germany’s war involvement. Sombart emphasises the good nature of the German people and their values of loyalty,…

When I asked many of my Asian friends about their impression about Australian people, almost no one thought of Aboriginal people at first. I recalled a friend’s excitement about his first holiday last year down under where his only perception about the Aboriginal people is the boomerang bought from a souvenir shop in Melbourne. Before coming to Australia, my impression about them was limited to black curly hair people living in the outback, boomerang, didgeridoo, traditional dance typically…

Introduction - Hawthorne fast establishes a binary opposition in The Scarlet Letter between the Puritan society that condemns Hester’s choices and the contemplation afforded by the isolation of the forest. Pearl is central to this opposition; she, while initially the physical manifestation of sin becomes a dynamic signal of hope and change. The formation of her personality and character belongs largely to the psychological effects of her geographical surroundings; through her mother’s perceived…

The orthopraxic—literally meaning “right practice”—were not necessarily religious; they only performed the rituals that they were prescribed so that the aforementioned miasma, or pollution, would not overcome the city-state. This is in opposition to many religions or sects that considered themselves orthodox or those practicing the “right belief.” Orthodoxy also, in contrast to orthopraxy, believed that certain beliefs had to be followed for the individual to be correctly practicing the…

The Anonymous Years (Enters Orestes into the main living area) The Chorus Orestes, we have brought news from Argos. Your mother has betrayed your father and his kingdom. Your father has endured a gruesome death. The Kingdom of Argos is now laying at rest alongside your father. We no longer have a reason to thrive. Unless, the justice that your mother deserves is carried out upon her and her lover, Aegisthus. Orestes The news from Argos, but how could this be? My mother has murdered my father.…

Figure skating has always been an aesthetically pleasing sport, but people always fail to realize what kind of physical toll it takes on the athlete. These “princesses of ice” go through not only physical distress, but also emotional distress with the ongoing obsession to be perfect and the “best”. This unhealthy obsession can make a person go mad, which opens up discussion on arguably one of the most memorable moments in the entire sport: the Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan 1994 incident.…

The Wind that Shakes the Barley (2006) director Ken Loach has repeatedly admitted that The Battle of Algiers (1966) has had a large influence on his own filmmaking career. In Martin Evan’s interview with Ken Loach about the Gillo Pontecorvo film, Evans says “[Loach’s] film-making is committed to a realist style; one that strives to give a voice to ordinary people and their daily lives.” The Pontecorvo film as an early example of postcolonial film is a good place to start when looking at The Wind…