Entertainment / Literature / Theme: A central idea or statement that unifies and controls an entire literary work. The theme can take the form of a brief and meaningful insight or a comprehensive vision of life, it may be a single idea such as 'progress' (in many Victorian works), 'order and duty' (in many early Roman works), 'seize-the-day' (in many late Roman works), or 'jealousy' (in Shakespeare's Othello). The theme may also be a more complicated doctrine, such as Milton's theme in Paradise Lost, 'to justify the ways of God to men,' or 'Socialism is the only sane reaction to the labor abuses in Chicago meat-packing plants' (Upton Sinclair's The Jungle). A theme is the author's way of communicating and sharing ideas, perceptions, and feelings with readers, and it may be directly stated in the book, or it may only be implied. Compare with motif and leit-motif.
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Theme Noun Synonyms: subject(-matter), topic, idea, notion, concept, thesis, text, thread, keynote, gist, core, substance, point, essence
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Entertainment / Music / Theme And Variations: Compositional procedure in which a theme is stated and then altered in successive statements: occurs as an independent piece or as a movement of a sonata cycle. MORE
Lifestyle / Travel / Theme Cruise: A cruise devoted to a specific interest, such as big bands, country western, star trek, exercise and weight-loss, cooking and cuisine, and many more. There is usually a theme cruise to suit just about MORE
Entertainment / Music / Theme Group: Several themes in the same key that function as a unit within a section of a form, particularly in sonata-allegro form. MORE