Joseph Russo

NARRATIVE THEORY IN “THE WOMAN IN BLACK”

TODOROV

• The film starts with a scene involving 3 little girls. This is disrupted by the suicide of the these girls and this is the disruption to equilibrium. This is an indicator for the equilibrium between the main character and his son, the bond between them. The relationship between them makes the audience feel like something bad is going to happen them as it is linked with the 3 girls, suggesting their relationship will come to and end much like the girls.

LEVI – STRAUSS: BINARY OPPOSITIONS

• “Binary opposites create conflict which in turn drives the narrative.”

• Examples of these in The Woman In Black are:

• Young/old

• City/village

• Good/evil

• Alive/dead

• Light/dark

• Male/female