Binary oppositions

Binary opposites are basically opposite things such as hot and cold or Hero and Coward however the way we look at these opposites depend on our culture for instance the real opposite to Hero is Un-heroic but we beleive that hero is bravery and a cowerd is scared. The way we also look at Binary opposites always makes us think one is bad and one is good for instance wealthy and poor people would like to be wealthy but no one wants to be poor, so for instance the crawlers represent uncivilised un-modern life and the women represent modern and civilised we would rather be the socially excepted women the women are also the complete opposite of the crawlers in The Decent.