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LOST
is the opposite of WON |
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with the title of the show,
there are many examples of opposites throughout LOST.
Even
the episode titles for S2E14 "One of Them" and S3E16
"One of Us", could be included in this category.
Some
of the most evident examples involve the Science vs. Faith,
Black vs. White, and Good vs. Bad themes. But, there are others
that are not quite as obvious and they have been increasing
in their occurrence. There is an additional section on the
Roles page regarding
quotes that include "Good" and "Bad" references
The
Season 4
cast photo also has an interesting combination of Opposites.
If you look closely at the water, there is a shadow of a skyline
instead of the shadow of the island |
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Good
vs. Bad |
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Black
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Science
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| Good
vs. Bad
The
Good vs. Bad themes were present in Season 1 and most of the
references to a person being 'good' or 'bad' are when a character
is referring to someone other than themself. Season 1 examples
include Rose telling Jack he's "a good soul" in
S1E4, Richard Malkin telling Claire that the prospective adoptive
parents "are good people" in S1E15, Hurley saying
that Scott Jackson "was a good guy" in S1E15 and
Christian Shephard telling Sawyer that Jack "is a good
man, maybe a great one" in S1E16.
Only one character is ever identified with the word 'bad'
in Season 1, that occurs when Charlie says "Ethan's the
bad guy" in S1E15.
Season
2 was completely different, as many characters began to be
adamant about claiming that they were 'good' and not 'bad'.
Season
2 examples of characters claiming they were 'good' include
Charlie saying "I was a good person" in S2E10 and
Sayid saying "I was a good man" in S1E14.
Season
2 had a few examples of characters identifying themselves
as 'bad'. For example, in S2E12 Sawyer tells Charlie "I
am not a good man" and in S2E19 Kate claims that she
and Jack are "Damaged Goods". Hurley even asks Sun
the question "So Seoul, is that in the good Korea or
the bad Korea?"
During the Season 2 flash backs we began seeing more and more
evidence that each main character has both a 'good' and a
'bad' side. Below is a list of the main characters and some
of their 'good' and 'bad' characteristics.
While
these are valid descriptions of their main characteristics,
the 'good' vs. 'bad' designations in the show are actually
a bit more complex and are essential to playing the game.
See Roles and
Playing to understand the importance of these designations.
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Sawyer
The
con man with a heart of gold who walked out of a scam because
he wouldn't take advantage of a kid
The nasty con man and murderer who killed Frank Druckett in
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Hurley
Gives away food and tries to be friends with everyone
Hordes food and money |
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Jin
The nice guy who loves his wife and wants to get away from her
father, Mr. Paik
Bound to Mr. Paik as a hit man and an abusive husband |
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Sun
Loves Jin, believes in his goodness and decides to stay with
him
Wants to leave Jin and had an affair with Jae Lee |
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Sayid
The man who secretly fed Nadia when she was a prisoner and helped
her to escape
The man cold enough to torture people, including Nadia, Fallah
and Sawyer |
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Eko
The compassionate priest who builds the church
The drug smuggler who impersonates a priest and kills the Moroccan
drug dealers |
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Claire
Caring mother who fights off The Others who are trying to take
her baby
Uncaring mother willing to give Aaron up for adoption |
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Michael
Eager to raise Walt and trying hard to be a good father
Has a short temper with Walt and is reluctant to raise him (his
phone call in the airport to his mother) |
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Walt
The good kid who does what he is told by Michael
The 'special', slightly creepy kid who does not listen to Michael |
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Locke
Person who just wants love and acceptance from the father who
rejected him
Angry man who is compulsive about getting into the hatch and
pushing the button and who assaults both Boone and Sayid |
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Kate
Daughter who would do anything for her mother and is a leader
Capable of blowing up her step-father and shooting her bank
robber buddies |
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Jack
The
heroic doctor and leader
The reluctant leader who may be an alcoholic like his father |
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Charlie
Nice guy trying to get over his addiction and who cares for
Claire and Aaron
Drug addict who stole from a girlfriend to support his drug
habit and endangered Aaron |
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Desmond
Nice guy conned by Kelvin Inman and in love with Penny Widmore
Ex-con whose reason for being in jail hasn't been disclosed
yet |
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Juliet
Fertility doctor who cares for the Others
Wants Jack to kill Ben and will do anything to get off of the
island |
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Ben/Fake
Henry
Good Guy as he says he is, or Bad Guy leader of the Others? |
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Black
vs. White
The
Black vs. White themes are evident everywhere, from the Dharma
logos, to the stones found near Adam & Eve in S1E6, to
the two sides of the eye glasses that Jack makes for Sawyer
in S1E19.
"Two
players. Two sides. One is light. One is dark." Locke
S1E2
Below
is a partial list of just some of the black & white references
divided by categories. They are so numerous that I have decided
to just accept the fact that they are there and I no longer
document them.
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& White Monsters |
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S3E5
Eko sees black smoke monster
S3E5 Locke says he saw a white light monster in S1E4 |
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& White Stones |
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S1E10
Locke's eyes
S1E6 Stones with Adam & Eve
S2E1 GO or Pente Stones on game on table |
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& White Couples |
S1E1
Walt & Vincent
S1E14 Susan Lloyd & Brian Porter
S2E4 Rose & Bernard |
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S1E2
Backgammon
S1E2 Checkers
S1E2 Dice
S1E17 Chess
S1E17 Dominoes
S1E21 Soccer Ball
S2E2 Dart board
S2E8 Crossword Puzzle |
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Charlie's shoes
S2E10 Yemi, Eko and other priests
S2E3 Marvin Candle's tie
S1E19 Sawyer's glasses
S2E23 Penny's blouse is black in the photo
seen in S2E23 and is white in the photo
seen in S2E24 |
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S2E1
Numbers on countdown clock
S2E1 Dharma logos
S2E3 Orientation Film
S2E21 Notebooks in the Pearl Station
S2E21 Pearl Orientation Video
S2E7 Bible in the Arrow Hatch |
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Science
vs. Faith
The Science vs. Faith theme is generally identified with Jack
and Locke (S2E1 Title Man of Science, Man of Faith). Of all
the characters on the show to date, these are the two characters
that are most closely identified in these roles.
But all characters can be a Man of Faith or a Man of Science
in this game.
Fate and Destiny are also often cited as being the reason
why certain things occur. See Roles
for a more detailed explanation of the actual purpose of the
Man of Science vs. the Man of Faith. |
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S1E1
Charlie writes F.A.T.E. on the tape on his fingers
S1E4 Locke says "He climbed to the top of Mount Everest.
Why? It was his destiny.", "Things that I know
I was destined to do" and Locke
yells after the tour guide tells him he can't go on
the Walkabout "This is destiny. This is destiny.
This is my destiny."
S1E14 Michael says "...this is us taking control
of our destiny"
S1E16 Christian Shephard says "It's fate"
S1E16 Jack says "instead of taking responsibility,
he just put it on fate"
S1E21 Haddad says "Perhaps it is fate."
S1E21 Sayid says "Haddad was right. It was fate that
brought us back together"
S1E24 Locke says "We'll let fate decide"
S1E24 Sun asks Shannon if it is fate that is punishing
them. Shannon replies "There's no such thing as fate"
S1E24 Locke says to Jack "It's destiny" Jack
says later "I don't believe in destiny"
S2E1 Jack says to Locke "Or maybe, it was our destiny,
right John?" and "Is this your destiny?"
S2E5 Tai Soo consults a "Destiny Book" and Jin
later says "Well, if the destiny book says it, it
must be true"
S2E9 Eko says to Locke "Don't mistake coincidence
for fate"
S2E20 Christian says to Ana Lucia "Fate is calling"
and "Fate brought us together"
S2E24 Locke says to Eko "I thought this was my destiny"
S3E5 Locke says "Do not mistake coincidence for fate"
S3E8 Penny says I say we celebrate that fate has spared
you a miserable existence under the employ of Widmore
Industries."
S3E9 Jack says to Kate "Golly, I think he's got a
good point"
S3E11 When Sayid asks Amira why she would lie to her husband
to let him go, she replies "We are all capable of
doing what those children did to this cat...but I will
not do that. I will not be that."
S3E11 When Danielle asks Sayid why they are keeping Mikhail
Bakunin/Patchy alive, he replies "He is my prisoner.
I will decide his fate"
S3E16 Juliet says "I know you put a lot of faith
in me Ben..."
S3E16 Juliet says "I'm supposed to take that on faith?"
S3E16 Ben/Fake Henry questions Juliet about Jacob "Unless
you don't have faith in him?"
S3E17 Brother Campbell tells Desmond "God tests our
faith in many ways..." and that the vow of silence
"challenges one's patience and his faith..."
S3E21 Charlie wears a t-shirt
with Chinese letters in it that spell out "FATE"
S3E22 Charlie wears a t-shirt with Chinese letters in
it that spell out "FATE"
S3E22 Charlie says to Desmond ""Cause it's my
destiny to turn off that jammer"
S3E22 Charlie says "So much for fate" when the
yellow light goes off
S4E3 Hurley says about Charlotte and
her team "If we let her go, they'll look at it as
a sign of good faith"
S4E8 The news reporter says "There's little hope
of recovering any remains. The real story behind what
happened to this fateful airliner may have been lost along
with all 324 passengers"
S4E11 Ben says "Those things had to happen to me.
That was my destiny" and "You'll understand
soon enough that there are consequences to being chosen.
because destiny John, is a fickle bitch"
S4E13 Jack asks Locke "what was that you said on
our way out to the hatch? That crashing here was our destiny"
S5E7
Abaddon
tells Locke about Helen "Sad as it is, her path led
her here. And your path, no matter what you did, or what
you do, your path leads back to the island" and "Mr.
Widmore told me Richard Alpert said you were going to
die. So you tell me John, is it inevitable or is that
a choice?"
S5E7
Locke
replies to Abaddon "What you think I wanna die? How
could you possibly think that's a choice?"
S5E7
When
Locke tells Jack "We're supposed to go back"
Jack
asks "Because it's our destiny?" and when Locke
then says "You don't think that's fate?" Jack
answers "...it's probability"
S5E10 Sayid says to Sawyer "When I woke up in the
jungle and realized I was back on this island, I felt
that there was no purpose to it. But now I know exactly
why I'm here"
S5E14 Daniel asks Jack about Eloise Hawking"And how
did she convince you Jack? Did she tell you that it was
your destiny?"
S5E14 Young
Eloise asks Young
Daniel "Do you know what destiny means? Destiny
means that if one has a special gift it must be nurtured
and your gift Daniel is your mind"
S5E14 Daniel says "Do you really think this is all
coincidence?"
S5E14 Daniel says "We can change our destiny"
S5E15 Jack says "This is our destiny"
S5E16 Jack tells Sawyer that Locke said "That being
here is our destiny" and Sawyer replies "I don't
speak destiny"
S5E16 Jack says to Sawyer "If it's meant to be, it's
meant to be" |
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