Saturday, 9 July 2016

Tzvetan Todorov: Structural Critic

Bulgarian
Not a film critic
Structural critic
Equilbrium (Status quo) -- Disruption -- Recognition -- Reparation -- Re-equilibrium


Spiderman (2002)

Equilibrium - Peter Parker is normal kid who lives with uncle and aunt.

Disruption - He gets bitten by a radioactive spider whilst on a school trip.

Recognition - Peter wakes up the next day to find he has the powers of a spider.

Re-equilibrium - Peter lives with his powers for a few weeks.

Disruption - Uncle gets killed by car burglar

Recognition - Peter finds dying uncle and stays with him until he dies

Reparation - Peter finds car burglar and accidentally forces him out of a window.

Re-equilibrium - Peter now lives with his aunt and has graduated from college.

Disruption - Green Goblin (main antagonist) comes into the picture and attacks people at parade.

Recognition - Peter notices a threat is coming before everyone else and changes into his costume

Reparation - Spiderman defeats Green Goblin and saves Mary-Jane from falling.

Re-equilibrium - Mary-Jane are safe and their doing their respective jobs.

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