Dichotomies

Summary for the Structuralist Theory In “Reading Lessons: An Introduction to Theory”, Scott Carpenter explains the structuralism, and what the structuralist focuses on. Structuralism is defined as “a multifaceted group of theories with varied and disparate goals” (Carpenter 27). It focuses on the structure of the message or the text which includes “big ticket themes”, repeated plot, repeated images, and binary oppositions. The “big ticket themes” is like “Man versus Society, Boys meets Girls, and so forth” (Carpenter 23). Moreover, Carpenter discusses, “Patterns are established by repetition and differentiation” (29), so structuralist emphasizes on which images or plots are repeated and different in the whole concept of the message. Carpenter, furthermore, talks about a “binary” opposition, which is “the smallest structural unit is not a unit at all; it is a pair, an opposition between two things” (29). Since the binary oppositions occurs everywhere, some instances for this element are good guys versus bad guys, black versus white, innocent versus corrupt, and the past versus the present (Carpenter 30). As Carpenter mentions “structrualists tend to look at texts as games, it is the one that plays itself out in front of the reader as she reads”. Therefore, the structuralist theory is to understand the pattern, and how the structures of the context relate to the whole themes by using the structuralism tools. Binary Opposition, Strong versus Weak The structuralism can be used…

. The evolution of community corrections has often seen what Carl B. Klockars calls the “classical dilemma of corrections (Klockars, 1972).” In time, we have come to see this dilemma represented as the law-enforcement-social casework dichotomy. This dichotomy is one that is rooted in what was observed as competing roles in the supervision and rehabilitation process used by community correctional officers. The dichotomy was presented as either “law enforcement” which was deep rooted in the…

well. For example, when a TV show becomes popular in a specific area, the message of success of this TV program will spread all over the world and attract media companies beyond this specific area imitating the TV program to reach the same success and gain profit. Consequently, during this global commercial competition, international disputes on whether these similar TV programs constitute intellectual infringement or not arise. The main reason resulting in these disputes are the different…

IV Hermeneutical circle in deconstruction and construction of stories There is a persistent tension between the formalist quantitative approach to medicine and the humanistic qualitative narrative. This is “resonant in biomedical ethics where clinical judgment and ethical reasoning often appear inseparable from the particular circumstances of individual cases” . Oftentimes, a clinician and her patient concur together to what is called in the literature the joint construction of narrative.…

The reformation is way too complex to have a dichotomy in any area of study but for most of the reformation leaders the stepping off point that sparked writings and theological theories stemmed from one of two things transgressions by the Church or contradictions in scripture. These issues were a foundation of European societies, and have existed for hundreds of years, movements such as the renaissance and humanism introduced a new way of thinking and opened people up to the idea that the Church…

Throughout history, men and women have greatly contributed to what it means to be a woman and what it means to be a man. During Shakespeare’s time, men were considered to have all the power while women stood by their side. The word feminine relates to nurturing, fragile and indecisive qualities while masculine associates with courage, knowledge as well as strength. In comparison, these words are opposites of one another or dichotomies. In Macbeth, Shakespeare uses the dichotomy of femininity vs…

The grid and group theory is used by Mary Douglas as a tool to go beyond the dichotomy. For Douglas, the priority is to use social life as the basis for understanding how people come to know the world they live in. The ‘grid’ axis refers to the individually oriented aspects of social structure, whilst the ‘group’ axis refers to the strength of group ties. The grid axis thus measures how governed and constricted the individual is. Douglas explores past the dichotomy by considering the effect on…

In the op-ed article, “Heavy price of defense spending cuts,” Mr. Hanson weakly argues that a policy promoting a reduction in government spending results in holistic outcomes for society. In doing so, Hanson commits two significant thinking shortcomings by presenting both a false dichotomy and false cause fallacy. This essay will analyze the thinking shortcomings and their impact on policy development as it pertains to government spending. Hanson’s argument on the implication of budget cuts and…

The dichotomy is a system that classify offenders into two groups by their level of competence and planning in a crime scene. It is based on the years of experience by FBI’s agents to simplify criminal profiling for uneducated law enforcement. An organized crime scene describes an offender who had overall control of their crime. They selected their victim, plan the crime, brought items for the crime and left little to no evidence at the scene. They are considered to have average to above average…

Together, this trinity of unholy women embodies a bestial form that both seduces and terrifies the traveler — in his words, the attack was “Honey sweet… but with a bitter underlying the sweet.” (Stoker 69). While the vampires fulfill Jonathan’s physical yearning with their beautiful bodies, their tart presence signals to him the possibility of moral violation. These are the women who yield to the impulses that their moral and societal obligations would otherwise prohibit; the sexually tinged…