3. By Esere & Shivonne
Todorov’s Theory
•
Disequilibrium
•Has two time lines: One in colour & black and
white- reveals present time or reversed time
•Purpose- to experience what the main
character experiences
•Encourages the audience to feel sympathy as
he cant make create new long term memories
Attempt to
repair
•
Equilibrium
•
He gets revenger on the killer
of his wife.
Purpose – to know that he is
at piece.
This encourages the audience
to be relieved and know he is
at rest.
Equilibrium
• Equilibrium is
challenged
•The narrative isn't in
chronological order
•Therefore it doesn't
relax the audience
•It causes frustrationaudience are confused
Recognition
Disequilibrium
New
Equilibrium
• The character founds out who kills
his wife. He going to do something
about it .
• Does he remembered that he
killed him.
• Purpose - to show he has realised
something even though he has
short-term memory loss.
• Purpose - its not in chronological
order to show that he might
forget that he killed the murder
of his wife.
• It encourages the audience to
believe he is going to remember
and going to get revenge.
• It encourages the audience to be
confused and leaves a cliffhanger.
5. By Patrycia & Courtney
Levi-Strauss Theory
Film
Opposite 1
Opposite 2
Explanation
Teddy and Leonardo are
opposites as Teddy is conveyed
as an“ evil”, deceitful robber
who rapes and kills Leonardo’s
wife. Whereas, Leonardo is
seen as the “good” character
who merely hunts the man who
he believes kill his wife.
“Memento”
Leonard Shelby, a man
who is suffering from
short-term memory loss,
uses notes and tattoos to
hunt for the man he thinks
killed his wife.
Teddy is a manipulative
thief who takes the
advantage of Leonardo’s
amnesia to direct him
away from killing him for
the murder of Leonardo’s
wife.
Levi-Strauss’s theory is that the
world in itself is described in
binary opposites. As they
provide narrative structure, it is
noticeable that there cannot be
any story without it’s opposite.
Over the years, the use of
binary opposites have
developed and is much harder
to recognise in films. Horror
films are the main type of
genre which use the binary
opposition in order to define
the difference between the
word “good” and the opposing
word “evil.”
