2. Aristotle
• He mainly believed that characters and the
plot were the most important features of a
narrative.
• I personally agree with his theory because
without an exciting plot, the audience would
not want to watch the film. Also, characters
are vital for example more people would want
to watch a film if it featured a well known
celebrity.
3. Aristotle
“For tragedy is a representation,
not of men, but of action and life,
of happiness and unhappiness –
and unhappiness and happiness
are bound up with action.”
4. Claude Levi-Strauss
(20th century theorist)
• He suggested that all narratives had to be
driven forward by conflict that was caused by
a series of opposing forces.
Binary opposites
Conflict
Driving narrative
forward
5. Examples of the theory of binary
opposition
• Love and Hate
• Good and Evil
• Light and Dark
• Strength and Weakness
• Youth and Age
• An example of Claude Levi’s theory in use is in
Harry Potter where Harry and Voldemort are
both enemies and the above examples are shown
clearly in the picture.
