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Themes often explore historically common or cross-culturally recognizable ideas, such as ethical questions, and are usually implied rather than stated explicitly. [5] An example of this would be whether one should live a seemingly better life, at the price of giving up parts of one's humanity, which is a theme in Aldous Huxley's Brave New World.
Horrors generally focus on themes of death, demons, evil spirits, and the afterlife. Body (aka biological): intentionally showcases grotesque or psychologically disturbing violations of the human body (including organ transplantation). [10] Example: Frankenstein (1818). Comedy. Zombie comedy; Erotic (sometimes monster erotica) Ero guro
While science fiction stories have many themes, exploration and discovery in space is a recurring focus. The following is a list of articles about recurring themes in science fiction . Overarching themes
Scholars and critics have identified many themes of The Lord of the Rings, a major fantasy novel by J. R. R. Tolkien, including a reversed quest, the struggle of good and evil, death and immortality, fate and free will, the danger of power, and various aspects of Christianity such as the presence of three Christ figures, for prophet, priest, and king, as well as elements such as hope and ...
Dara's dream of defying the odds and becoming a partner at her firm is just within reach when Lani enters the picture. Kehinde Fadipe’s debut novel, “The Sun Sets in Singapore,” brings three ...
For example, in Pride and Prejudice, the plot revolves around the problems caused by primogeniture, as the Bennet property is entailed away from the Bennet daughters, [142] and Sense and Sensibility questions the arbitrariness of property inheritance when the elderly Mr. Dashwood disinherits one side of his nephew's family because of his ...
The book ends in the year 1999, with a description of a prosperous and peaceful Britain governed by women. [28] News from Nowhere (1892) by William Morris – "Nowhere" is a place without politics, a future society based on common ownership and democratic control of the means of production. [29] [citation needed]
For example, novelist and literary critic Adam Mars-Jones wrote, "[Booker] sets up criteria for art, and ends up condemning Rigoletto, The Cherry Orchard, Wagner, Proust, Joyce, Kafka and Lawrence—the list goes on—while praising Crocodile Dundee, E.T. and Terminator 2". [7]