Binary means 2 different things completely that can be used for comparison. This theory suggests that narratives (=myths) are structured around binary options eg: good v evil; human v alien; young v old, poor and rich As such, it encourages students to understand narrative as a structure of key (oppositional) themes that underpin action and dialogue to develop a set of messages that the audience are able to decode and understand. Lévi-Strauss was a French anthropologist and ethnologist whose work was key in the development of the theories of structuralism and structural anthropology .This theory suggests that NARRATIVES (=myths) are STRUCTURED around BINARY OPPOSITIONS eg: good v evil; human v alien; young v old etc etc. As such, it encourages students to understand narrative as a structure of key (oppositional) themes that underpin action and dialogue to develop a set of messages that the audience are able to decode and understand.

myths according to Levi Strauss, articulate a version of the world around us, generating culturally specific cues that define acceptable or unacceptable social norms.

concept	strongly agree	agree	neutral	agree	strongly disagree	concept
female					x
satisfied					x
white		x
urban	x
poor	x
mature				x
obedient					x
non-conformity	x
young	x
critical of government	x