Levi Strauss - Binary Opposites
Oppositions within the narrative
Good vs. Evil
Sane vs. Insane
Adults vs. Youth
Past vs. Present
Reality vs. Supernatural
Todorov - Narrative Structure
Equilibrium - Jack Torrance has a good family and seems to be a kind happy man.
Disruptions - Jack agrees to look after a mysterious hotel for the winter, he becomes mad and tries to kill his family.
Twarted attempts - The phone lines are down because of the storm, Jack breaks the radio, and Jack also breaks their snow vehicle.
Resolution - Wendy realises Jack has gone mad, and attempts to escape from him.
New Equilibrium - Wendy and Danny manage to escape the hotel, leaving Jack to freeze in the snow storm.
Barthes - Action and Enigma Codes
Action (one thing leading to another / what happens next?)
- Jack gets the job as the caretaker
- Danny goes into room 237
- Wendy reads what Jack has been writing
- Wendy blames Jack for Danny's bruises
- Dick Hallorann comes to check if everything is ok
- What exactly is Danny's gift, The Shining?
- Who is Tony?
- What has 'Tony' told Danny about the Hotel?
- Why does 'Tony' not want to go there?
- Why should they not go near room 237?
- Why does the butler say Jack has always been the caretaker there?
- Why is Jack in the picture at the end that dates 1921?
Propp - Character Types
Protagonist - Danny
Antagonist - Jack
Helper - Wendy
Princess - Wendy
Donor - Dick Hallorann
Dispatcher - Dick, Wendy
Father figure - Jack, Dick, Wendy
False Hero - Dick
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