ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The term theme can be defined as the underlying meaning of a story. It is the message the writer is trying to convey through the story. Often the theme of a story is a broad message about life. The theme of a story is important because a story’s theme is part of the reason why the author wrote the story.

Detailed explanation-2: -Let’s make this easy: Theme is a general principle. Message is a specific example of that theme in action.

Detailed explanation-3: -Examples of Theme Topics: Love, Justice/Injustice, Family, Struggle, the American Dream, Wealth, Inhumanity Examples of Themes: People risk their own identity to find love; Power corrupts humanity; Without empathy, there can be no justice. 2.

Detailed explanation-4: -A theme is the inferred stance taken on the central topic or message of a story. Think love for example: love may be the topic, but learning to love yourself may be the theme. Themes are used to communicate important ideas and messages about issues that face the characters and the setting of a narrative.

Detailed explanation-5: -allegory. noun. a story, play, or poem in which the events and characters are used as symbols in order to express a moral, religious, or political idea.