Binary Opposition in Films Levi Strauss

Claude Levi-Strauss came up with binary opposites. One of the most common means of structuring a story was through binary opposition, which are elements embedded in narrative and mis-en-scene, such as good and evil, white and black or old and young.

A really obvious example of binary opposition is Captain America and his original nemesis, The Red Skull.

Light and Dark - Star Wars, almost every film has light side (Jedis) vs dark side (Sith) visually darker clothing

Right and Wrong - Batman and Joker (batman right joker wrong)

Good and Evil -