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Dickens not only reveals character through gesture, he makes hands a crucial element of the plot, a means of clarifying the structure of the novel by helping to define the hero's relations with all the major characters, and a device for ordering such diverse themes as guilt, pursuit, crime, greed, education, materialism, enslavement ( by both people and institutions ), friendship, romantic love, forgiveness, and redemption.
* Georgia on My Mind is a novelette by Charles Sheffield which involves two major themes: being widowed and the quest for a legendary Babbage computer.
His major themes of social justice, God's omnipotence, and divine judgment became staples of prophecy.
One of the major themes of the novel is the difficulty of soldiers to revert to civilian life after having experienced extreme combat situations.
The D major trio features themes found in the second movement of Beethoven's Symphony No. 2.
( God's speech foreshadows major themes of the book: the crossing of the Jordan and conquest of the land, its distribution, and the imperative need for obedience to the Law ; Joshua's own immediate obedience is seen in his speeches to the Israelite commanders and to the Transjordanian tribes, and the Transjordanians ' affirmation of Joshua's leadership echoes Yahweh's assurances of victory ).
Attempts have been made to organize the entire book of Daniel with a chiastic structure despite the major break between Daniel 6 and 7, even though there are parallel themes across that break.
One of the major themes of the book is Yahweh's sovereignty and the importance of being loyal to Him and His laws above all other gods and sovereigns.
The major themes of Kings are God's promise, the recurrent apostasy of the kings, and the judgement this brings on Israel:
Outside the Italian Renaissance, yet another major current of esotericism was initiated by Paracelsus, who combined alchemical and astrological themes ( among others ) into a complex body of doctrines.
Only when he had mastered Latin did he begin to express himself on major contemporary themes in literature and religion.
The religious and mythical themes in Star Wars were inspired by Lucas ' interest in the writings of mythologist Joseph Campbell, and he would eventually come to identify strongly with the Eastern religious philosophies he studied and incorporated into his films, which were a major inspiration for " the Force.
Many major Scottish post-war novelists, such as Muriel Spark, with The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie ( 1961 ) spent much or most of their lives outside Scotland, but often dealt with Scottish themes.
While each of these works focuses on one particular philosophical theme, Dewey included his major themes in most of what he published.
Love in its various forms acts as a major facilitator of interpersonal relationships and, owing to its central psychological importance, is one of the most common themes in the creative arts.
Thus three major themes in 19th century mathematics were combined by Lie in creating his new theory: the idea of symmetry, as exemplified by Galois through the algebraic notion of a group ; geometric theory and the explicit solutions of differential equations of mechanics, worked out by Poisson and Jacobi ; and the new understanding of geometry that emerged in the works of Plücker, Möbius, Grassmann and others, and culminated in Riemann's revolutionary vision of the subject.
There is some disagreement concerning how best to describe the unifying themes, if there are any, that can be found in Machiavelli's works, especially in the two major political works, The Prince and Discourses.
Speculative poetry, also known as fantastic poetry, ( of which weird or macabre poetry is a major subclassification ), is a poetic genre which deals thematically with subjects which are ' beyond reality ', whether via extrapolation as in science fiction or via weird and horrific themes as in horror fiction.
Tolkien, however, is not simply skimming historical sources for effect: linguistic styles, especially the relationship between the modern and ancient, has been seen to be one of the major themes explored by the story.
Working within the social conventions of late Victorian London, the play's major themes are the triviality with which it treats institutions as serious as marriage, and the resulting satire of Victorian ways.
The major themes arising from the literature on time management include the following:
Paine's creed encapsulates many of the major themes of the rest of his text: a firm belief in a creator-God ; a skepticism regarding most supernatural claims ( here the afterlife, later in the text, miracles ); a conviction that virtues should be derived from a consideration for others rather than oneself ; an animus against corrupt religious institutions ; and an emphasis on the individual's right of conscience.
Issues around the Royal succession ( including marriage and the succession rights of women ) became major political themes during the Tudor era.
The social and cultural impact of the arrival of Ekumen envoys ( known as " mobiles ") on remote planets, and the culture shock that the envoys experience, constitute major themes of The Left Hand of Darkness.
Willkie centered his presidential campaign around three major themes: the alleged inefficiency and corruption of Roosevelt's New Deal programs, Roosevelt's attempt to win an unprecedented third term as President, and the government's alleged lack of military preparedness.

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Ayn Rand accredited Aristotle as " the greatest philosopher in history " and cited him as a major influence on her thinking.
Though her personal contact with Alfred Nobel had been brief, she corresponded with him until his death in 1896, and it is believed that she was a major influence in his decision to include a peace prize among those prizes provided in his will.
During its preparation he became a friend of Cosima Wagner ( then in Strasbourg ), with whom he had many theological and musical conversations, exploring his view of Bach's descriptive music, and playing the major Chorale Preludes for her at the Temple Neuf.
She is one of a few characters who played a major part in the original cause of the Trojan War itself: not only did she offer Helen of Troy to Paris, but the abduction was accomplished when Paris, seeing Helen for the first time, was inflamed with desire to have herwhich is Aphrodite's realm.
She has referenced this independence from major labels in song more than once, including " The Million You Never Made " ( Not A Pretty Girl ), which discusses the act of turning down a lucrative contract, " The Next Big Thing " ( Not So Soft ), which describes an imagined meeting with a label head-hunter who evaluates the singer based on her looks, and " Napoleon " ( Dilate ), which sympathizes sarcastically with an unnamed friend who did sign with a label.
In 1923 she bought a former deer park and vast sheep farm in the Troutbeck Valley called Troutbeck Park Farm, restoring its land, its thousands of Herdwick sheep, and establishing her as one of the major Herdwick sheep farmers in the area.
Writer / director Todd Solondz, a favorite cult director, had his first major success with the black comedy Welcome to the Dollhouse ( 1995 ), a brutally-honest look at the persecution of a young junior high student by her classmates.
In the initial advertisement placed by Love which resulted in Hole's formation, she cited Fleetwood Mac, Sonic Youth, and Big Black as her three major musical influences.
In 1983, Shirley Armitage became the first major black character in her role as machinist at Baldwin's Casuals.
" In her early teens, she had her first major exposure to art during visits with Willie to the nearby Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, one of America's foremost art schools and museums.
In 1930 she was elected a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters ; in 1933 came membership in the American Academy of Arts and Letters, which two years later organized the first major retrospective of her work.
Kane made her West End debut in January 2011 in a major revival of Lillian Hellman's drama The Children's Hour, at London's Comedy Theatre.
Her other major work is The Dialogue of Divine Providence, a dialogue between a soul who " rises up " to God and God himself, and recorded between 1377 and 1378 by members of her circle.
This included major editing, including writing out the African-American maid, Mammy Two-Shoes, and replacing her with one of Irish descent.
Day's last major hit single came in the UK in 1964 with " Move Over, Darling ", co-written by her son specifically for her.
Painters like Titian, Peter Paul Rubens, François Boucher, Nicholas Poussin made use of her myth as a major theme.
In 1569 there was a major Catholic rising in the North ; the goal was to free Mary, marry her to Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk, and put her on the English throne.
After her major achievement, she was plagued by various injuries.
After the Continuation War Finland lost major land areas to Russia in the Moscow Armistice of 1944, and the figure was said to have lost the other of her arms, as well as a hem of her " skirt ".
After the success of King Kong, Wray appeared in many major movie roles and on television, finishing her acting career in 1980.
As she wrestles with the case, trying to narrow down the list of suspects and avert a major scandal, Harriet is forced to examine her ambivalent feelings about love and marriage, along with her attraction to academia as an intellectual ( and emotional ) refuge.

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