A recurring theme in this work is the radical amazement that people feel when experiencing the presence of the Divine.

In the Middle Ages, regicide was rare in Western Europe, but it was a recurring theme in the Eastern Roman Empire.

In an alternative version, she spent a night at Apollo's temple, at which time the temple snakes licked her ears clean so that she was able to hear the future ( this is a recurring theme in Greek mythology, though sometimes it brings an ability to understand the language of animals rather than an ability to know the future ).

Lois ' affection for Superman and her rejection of Clark's clumsy advances have been a recurring theme in Superman comics, television, and movies.

A recurring theme on the show WKRP in Cincinnati was a hostile attitude towards disco music.

Another significance of the structural problematic for Derrida is that while a critique of structuralism is a recurring theme of his philosophy this does not mean that philosophy can claim to be able to discard all structural aspects.

Tolstoy's War and Peace features criticism of Great Man Theories as a recurring theme

One recurring theme is loyalty.

Cloning is a recurring theme in a wide variety of contemporary science fiction, ranging from action films such as the 2000 film The 6th Day to comedies such as Woody Allen's 1973 film Sleeper.

The main recurring theme in his works is a comparison of the readers ' gloomy, hopeless situations to what may happen in a space environment if we carry totalitarian ideas and habits into space worlds: Red Space Republics or Space Labour Camps, or both.

However, the most significant for the development of the Arthurian legend are Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart, which introduces Lancelot and his adulterous relationship with Arthur's queen ( Guinevere ), extending and popularizing the recurring theme of Arthur as a cuckold, and Perceval, the Story of the Grail, which introduces the Holy Grail and the Fisher King and which again sees Arthur having a much reduced role.

The impact of inventions and technology on society is a recurring, if not central theme in Niven's work: for example, addiction to electric brain stimulation resulting in " wireheads ", or the secondary and tertiary effects of an invention such as teleportation on social behavior, problems, and mores.

During this time, Miyazaki drew airplanes and developed a lifelong fascination with aviation, a penchant that later manifested as a recurring theme in his films.

However, while globalization appears frequently as a recurring theme, Klein rarely addresses the topic of globalization itself, and usually indirectly.

Hospitality ( xenia ) is also a recurring theme as fundamental as the heroic code in the Odyssey.

There is also the recurring theme of duality, Adamists vs Edenists, Tyrathca vs Mosdva, Residents vs Ivets, Edenists vs Serpents, ESA vs ISA, even the Tyrathca have an internal divide.

The various realms consist of a number of gothic, medieval, as well as " fire and brimstone "- style caves and dungeons with a recurring theme of hellish and satanic imagery reminiscent of Doom ( such as pentagrams and images of demons on the walls ).

A recurring theme was the ethical aspects of an artificial, yet apparently sentient, being.

One recurring theme in the Doctor's life was his lack of a name.

A recurring theme in his writings is the history and development of evolutionary, and pre-evolutionary, thought.

Whilst greed is a recurring theme in the novel, with many of the episodes stemming from one or more of the characters ' simple desire for food ( be it trolls eating dwarves or dwarves eating Wood-elf fare ) or a desire for beautiful objects, such as gold and jewels, it is only by the Arkenstone's influence upon Thorin that greed, and its attendant vices " coveting " and " malignancy ", come fully to the fore in the story and provide the moral crux of the tale.

This idea of a superficial contrast between characters ' individual linguistic style, tone and sphere of interest, leading to an understanding of the deeper unity between the ancient and modern, is a recurring theme in The Hobbit.

His long-time co-writer Charles McKeown comments about Gilliam's recurring interests, " the theme of imagination, and the importance of imagination, to how you live and how you think and so on [...] that's very much a Terry theme.

Elected archon in 493 BC, he took steps to increase the naval power of Athens, which would be a recurring theme in his political career.

Perhaps the most powerful and most frequently recurring literary influence on the Western world has been that of the Old and New Testament.

The rhyme has also been used as a reference in more serious literary works, including as a recurring motif of the Fall of Man in James Joyce's 1939 novel Finnegans Wake.

The recurring primitive formulas Frye noticed in his survey of the " greatest classics " provide literature with an order of words, a " skeleton " which allows the reader " to respond imaginatively to any literary work by seeing it in the larger perspective provided by its literary and social contexts " ( Hamilton 20 ).

' Leitmotif ' is sometimes used by literary or dramatic critics to refer to a recurring event, image, object or character in a story, poem, film or play.

Jazz is a recurring theme, with references abounding in their songs, and there are numerous other film, television and literary references and allusions, such as " Home at Last " ( from Aja ), which was inspired by Homer's Odyssey.

In deference to the literary tastes and recurring tropes of the period, it relies on bawdy humour, an impending marriage and a mystery surrounding unknown parentage, but conversely is rich in philosophical digressions, classical erudition and social purpose.

She recently had a recurring role as Caroline, the literary editor of Jonathan Ames, on the HBO series Bored to Death.

Like The Who's Tommy and Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon, Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus is critically regarded as a landmark of art rock, with a tapestry of literary themes about the fragility of life and the complexity of the human experience, illustrated by recurring lyric " life has just begun ", and continued the group's pioneering exploration of environmental issues in their lyrics ( cf.

This literary genre is characterised by the existence of many and often recurring characters, and by many cliffhangers at the end of a chapter, to ensure sales of the next episode.

In Los Angeles, Smith appeared in theatrical productions of Living On Salvation Street, for which she was paid $ 14 for each performance, Boys and Girls / Men and Women and How the Other Half Loves, and played the recurring role of Luella Waters on the Showtime series Brothers.

Fleischer Studios adapted him the next year ( 1933 ), to be the recurring villain in their theatrical Popeye animated cartoon series.

Although some consider Lang's work to be simple melodrama, he produced a coherent oeuvre that helped to establish the characteristics of film noir, with its recurring themes of psychological conflict, paranoia, fate and moral ambiguity.

The fate of Laika is a recurring motif in Swedish director Lasse Hallström's 1985 film My Life as a Dog, which is based on a novel by Reidar Jönsson.

The film features minor roles for many of The Next Generations recurring characters ; Dwight Schultz reprised his role of Lieutenant Reginald Barclay, while Patti Yasutake briefly appeared as Nurse Alyssa Ogawa.

It was intended that Ray would become a recurring Carry On star, but he had been dropped after just one film because of contract problems ( he was contracted to ABC films who had never used him ).

Unlike his prior films ( or any that would follow ), The Straight Story was distributed by Walt Disney Pictures after a successful debut at Cannes, was given a G rating by the MPAA and is the only Lynch film for which Lynch himself did not have a hand in the screenplay ( although it was co-written by his recurring associate, Mary Sweeney ).

Burton is known for using recurring collaborators on his works ; among them are Johnny Depp, who has become a close friend of Burton since their first film together ; musician Danny Elfman, who has composed scores for all but five of the films Burton has directed and / or produced ; and domestic partner Helena Bonham Carter.

Hausmann says the film " explicitly affirms the importance of upholding the prohibition against incest "; a recurring theme of Ball's work is his comparison of the taboos against incest and homosexuality.

Visconti's final film was The Innocent ( 1976 ), in which he returns to his recurring interest in infidelity and betrayal.

The film also introduced the character Lola Bunny, who subsequently became another recurring member of the Looney Tunes, usually as a love interest for Bugs.

Notable acting roles include the lead in the film Wilde, Melchett in the BBC television series Blackadder, the titular character in the the television series Kingdom, a recurring guest role as Dr. Gordon Wyatt on the crime series Bones and as Gordon Deitrich in the dystopian thriller V for Vendetta.

As an actor, he is best known for his portrayals of Wesley Crusher on the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, Gordie Lachance in the film Stand by Me, Joey Trotta in Toy Soldiers and his recurring role playing himself on the sitcom The Big Bang Theory.

" Danke Schoen " is one of the recurring leitmotifs in the film and is sung by Ferris, Ed Rooney, and Jeanie.

O ' Neill had a recurring role in Stargate Atlantis for the first three seasons ( 2004 – 2007 ), and he also appeared in the 2008 direct-to-DVD SG-1 film Stargate: Continuum as a minor character.

A recurring plot device in the film has Hudson and his partner Tommy " Five-Tone " ( Aiello ) singing songs concurrently but separately, to time and synchronize their exploits.

Hartman co-wrote the screenplay for the film Pee-wee's Big Adventure and made recurring appearances on Reubens ' show Pee-wee's Playhouse.

Among The Shadow's recurring foes are Shiwan Khan ( The Golden Master, Shiwan Khan Returns, The Invincible Shiwan Khan, and Masters of Death ),-- who appears in the feature film portrayed by John Lone -- The Voodoo Master ( The Voodoo Master, The City of Doom, and Voodoo Trail ), The Prince of Evil ( The Prince of Evil, The Murder Genius, The Man Who Died Twice, and The Devil's Paymaster, all written by Theodore Tinsley ), and The Wasp ( The Wasp and The Wasp Returns ).

The film and the city are recurring motifs in Larry McMurtry's 1972 novel All My Friends Are Going To Be Strangers, and the book's conclusion takes place in and around Roma.

In addition to borrowing liberally from the visual language of film ( in particular genre films ), it has particular stylistic mannerisms, such as the recurring device of scene changes occurring in the middle of a pan.

A Night at the Roxbury is a 1998 American comedy film based on a recurring skit on television's long-running Saturday Night Live called " The Roxbury Guys.

Juliet Stevenson told Worth that during rehearsals she had wondered whether the lines were being delivered too fast for viewers to take in their sense theatre critic, Alice Griffin … thought that the lines ‘ came across more clearly and more easily understandable than sometimes in the theatre .’ This she attributed partly to Minghella ’ s use of close-up, a recurring feature of the film versions naturally enough .”

A recurring image related to the spirit of the film is that of elderly people recycling bottles ; in Three Colors: White, an old man in Paris is trying to recycle a bottle but cannot reach the container and Karol looks at him with a sinister grin on his face ( in the spirit of equality ).