Pulp Fiction Narrative Theories

There are a few narrative theories in Pulp Fiction one of them being Claude Levi Strauss' theory Binary Oppositions, these Binary Oppositions are as follows;

Good - Bad

Men - Women

Friends - Enemies

Black - White

These oppositions are conventional and unconventional as in the scene where Marcellus and Butch, who are enemies, have been kidnapped and Butch manages to get away and then goes back to save Marcellus from being sexually assaulted, this is unconventional as they are supposed to be enemies so the audience wouldn't expect him to save Marcellus but he does and that is why it is unconventional, these theories are conventional as well though as you would expect the film to have some sort of opposition like friends and enemies and good and bad.

The other narrative theory in Pulp Fiction is Vladimir Propps theory which was concluding that all the characters could be resolved into 7 broad character functions in the 100 tales he analysed: but I also think this can be used in Pulp Fiction as the characters are all villains, heroes, doners, helpers, and the other characters. For example Vincent (John Travolta) is a hero and a villain in a way because he is a 'Gangster' and kills people, also dealing drugs for his boss Marcellus but he is a hero for saving Mia when she has a drug overdose and nearly dies, another example would be Lance (Eric Stoltz) he is a villain because he is a criminal for being a drug dealer but he is also the helper for assisting Vincent in saving Mia.