Would juxtaposition of scenes count for this article? E.g. while Shannon is blissfully ignorant and having a picnic with Sayid, Boone is dying. Not the best example, but you get the idea --Nickb123 (Talk) 15:57, 14 May 2007 (PDT)

• I agree with above comment that the visual juxtasposition of scenes is what makes this category unique and different from "reocccuring themes" section and would prevent repeating the same points here that are made in that section. In fact, the Shannon at a picnic as Boone is dying example is exactly the kind of material I expected to see on this page.Mister vijay 20:09, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

Hey guys! Alright, so I've been adding a section of "parallels" to each episode: mostly thematic & other important similarities between the flashbacks and on-island events per character. Someone (maybe Hunter61? not sure) changed my parallels section to "juxtaposition" on at least "" and "". I love this idea, but we therefore need, by extension to do something about the opposite of juxtaposition as it appears in LOST. I propose a new page in "Literary Techniques" called "Parallels". If the writers are going to such lengths to use this technique, it should be acknowledged. Now, for the most part, the use of "parallels" in episodes are, in actual fact, juxtaposition, but they are sometimes not. (see, for example, "": both Jack and Ray Mullen give Kate the chance to "start over".) Who would be someone to talk to in order to take care of this? -mr_tee_canada

• Oops! The episodes are "Tabula Rasa", "Walkabout", and "Tabula Rasa", respectively. -mr_tee_canada

Definition Edit

I don't know where you guys got this definition of juxtaposition from, but it's fairly wrong. It sure doesn't mean opposition; that would be contraposition or a type of contradiction.

To juxtapose is simply to put one on top of the other. The effect can be one of parallelism, contrast or other, but it's not at all restricted to opposition, though it can be also used to that effect. On Lost, it involves takes and scenes. The show's juxtapositions can be represented in mirroring past/future to present, building storyline parallels, comparing similar concepts, repeating words in different/parallel situations, etc. Actually, if you pay attention to the whole story, there are many more examples of storyline juxtaposition involving concepts and situations than those involving mere opposition, which mainly constitute motifs (or themes, as we came to call them in Lostpedia: black/white, good/bad, back/forward...).

Juxtaposition is much more complex than opposition alone, be it in the writer's construction or in the perception of the person who reads/watches it. It shouldn't be restricted to opposites on a show like Lost, which brings way much more than that as literary techniques. -. Grillage .- 01:50, 31 March 2008 (PDT)

• I agree with the above comment. The show has not been constructed chronologically with a specific intention. Juxtaposition is when you place two scenes near each other for the purpose of comparision or contrast. Using careful editing techniques the writers place scenes that take place in different time periods and locations together with the intention of giving these scenes meaning that would otherwise not be present. In flashbacks and Flashforwards we see the experiences of characters off Island put next to experiences of characters on the island with this intention. This page should refer to a specific visual technique rather than a implicit or thematic technique although they are related. Actually this article is a quick rehash of what we're seeing in the portal entitled "Themes". If I were to write this article I would redirect its attention not the implicit themes but to how scenes and characters are place near each other to give the scenes new meaning. Mister vijay 15:47, 19 May 2009 (UTC)