Levi-Strauss- Binary opposition

Claude Levi-Strauss was a French anthropologist and ethnologist who developed the theory of structuralism and structural anthropology.
A binary opposition is a pair of related terms or concepts that are opposite in meaning.
Levi Strauss theory on binary opposition talks about how narrative can be split into opposites, such as Good and Evil, Man and Woman, Rich and Poor, etc. Due to having these opposites, when together it creates the conflict in the narrative story and this becomes the central climax.



In Pulp Fiction, there are some elements of binary opposition



Vincent and Jules



Ringo and Yolanda



Butch and Marcellus