The problematic binaries are prevalent in the story of The house of the spirits. IN the story there are many contradicting ideas as well as many binary that are to say the least problematic. For example the idea as described in the first chapter that Rosa is beautiful when she has the charicteristics of a sea dueling creature. As well as the over all dictatorship of man over women through out the story, and the will of clara and her mother to have equal rights.