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In literature, a theme is a broad idea in a story, or a message or lesson conveyed by a work. This message is usually about life, society or human nature. Life is a state that distinguishes Organisms from non-living objects such as non-life and dead organisms being manifested by growth through Metabolism A society is a Population of Humans characterized by patterns of relationships between individuals that share a distinctive Culture and Institutions Human nature is the concept that there are a set of logical characteristics including ways of thinking feeling and acting that all 'normal' human beings have in common Themes explore timeless and universal ideas. Most themes are implied rather than explicitly stated.

Deep thematic content is not required in literature; however, some readers hold that all stories inherently project some kind of outlook on life that can be taken as a theme, regardless of whether or not this is the intent of the author. In Literary theory and Aesthetics, authorial intentionality is a concept referring to an Author 's intent as it is encoded in his or her

Themes arise from the interplay of plot, setting, character, conflict, and tone.

The same story can be given very different themes in the hands of different authors. For instance, the source for Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Matteo Bandello's The Tragical History of Romeo and Juliet emphasizes the perils of dishonesty and disobedience. Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written early in the Matteo Bandello (c 1480 &ndash 1562 was an Italian novelist Biography Matteo Bandello was born at Castelnuovo Scrivia, near Tortona (current


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