The clash of duality and singularity is the overarching theme and conflict in Ursula LeGuin's "The Left Hand of Darkness." Many things on Gethen seem to exist in a state of oneness rather than parity, and while the contrasting of Genly Ai's dualistic worldview against this new "norm" is how this idea is predominantly played out, many fail to notice that there do exist examples of pairing within the Gethenian society and planet, and I feel there to be yet another overarching theme that can be derived out of this clash.