It is said that, in 1038, they were dispersed in winter quarters in the Thracesian theme when one of their number attempted to violate a countrywoman, but in the struggle she seized his sword and killed him ; instead of taking revenge, however, his comrades applauded her conduct, compensated her with all his possessions, and exposed his body without burial as if he had committed suicide.

He and Catherine later grow close, and their love becomes the central theme of the first volume ; his revenge and its consequences are the main theme of the second volume.

Max, Robe, and Megan concoct methods of revenge including terrifing Troy by playing a main theme song from the fictional children's television show, MacGoogle the Highlander Frog, and later severely traumatizing him by trapping him in the gym with MacGoogle, instigating a fight between Dobbs and the Evil Ice Cream Man by stealing a coolant coil for his ice cream truck and his handheld device, and lastly to ruin Jindrake's chances of becoming superintendent to replace the current superintendent, Crazy Legs ( Clifton Davis ), by planting animal pheronomes within his breath spray, instigating a food fight, and later by sabotaging his announcements by placing a cardboard cutout of Max pointing at Jindrake claiming that the latter was wearing a thong.

In the original 1994 spot, Jack (" through the miracle of plastic surgery ", he says as he confidently strides into the office building ) reclaims his rightful role as CEO, and, apparently as revenge for being blown up in 1980, approaches the closed doors of the Jack in the Box boardroom ( a fictionalized version, shown while the aforementioned minimalist theme music from the 1980s Jack in the Box commercials plays ), activates a detonation device, and the boardroom explodes in a shower of smoke, wood, and paper.

This stresses Harmonica's story and his reason for seeking revenge, and strongly emphasizes Harmonica's theme and its sinister origin and meaning to the point of tilting the focus of the entire film to this theme.

Its plot was convoluted and difficult to follow, but made references to secret societies and ultimately had a main theme of revenge.

The subject was revenge, a theme quite uncharacteristic of Bharathan movies. The style of the film was inspired by Classic Westerns with a brooding, reticent central character and expansive shots of barren landscape.

A brief, 15-second excerpt from the opening of the Ironside theme music by Quincy Jones is used as the Bride's revenge motif, which flares up with a red-tinged flashback whenever she's in the company of her next target.

This is a recurring theme in American Westerns, for example in The Searchers in which John Wayne's character Ethan Edwards ' homecoming is marred by bitterness at the Confederate defeat in the American Civil War and turns him into a revenge obsessed vigilante.

Acts of violence are an important theme within Samson Agonistes as the play attempts to deal with revenge and the destruction of God's enemies.

According to Park, he decided to make three consecutive films with revenge as the central theme.

Benson identifies Bond's desire for revenge as a central theme to the novel.

This theme is expanded past the main character, as each of the cast which seeks revenge ends up dead: Vindice, Lussurioso, Spurio, Ambitioso, Supervacuo and Hippolito.

Aside from Vindice ’ s revenge, this theme can be seen throughout the play including Spurio ’ s retribution against his father and the Duchess ’ s sons against the Duke ’ s eldest son.

Wealth is a more prevalent theme than revenge in What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice?

With refinements, he would continue to pursue this theme ( revenge ) and this style, right up through his creative resurgence in the ’ 70s: Ben ( 1972 ), Walking Tall ( 1973 ) and Framed ( 1975 ).

Another major theme of the series is the " sins of the father ": Spring ’ s first assignment as a detective was to arrest his father for industrial espionage, the villain in " Intelligent Listening for Beginners " is motivated by his inability to match his father ’ s reputation, Spring ’ s deputy, David Theroux, watched his father die of radiation poisoning, the kidnapper in " A Double Life " is seeking revenge for his father ’ s murder and Star Cop Anna Shoun betrays the multinational company which employs her ( and with whom she has a paternal relationship ) when she discovers their unethical behaviour.

Because revenge is the most obvious theme of the play, a lot of debate has been made over it.

The central theme is essentially revenge.

The play also has a theme of revenge in historical context.

Other films use the theme of strong women exacting violent revenge for past injustices.

Another common theme is portraying the use of inanimate everyday objects as their torture, sometimes followed by their revenge or escape.

Almost nothing is said of Charles' spectacular victories, the central theme being the heroic loyalty of the Swedish people to their idolized king in misfortune and defeat.

The first of two possible variations on this theme is symbolized by Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer.

Let me quote him even more fully, for his analysis is important to my theme.

Incest is still a durable theme, but if it wants to get written about it will have to find ways to surprise the emotions, and there is no better way to do this than that of concealment and symbolic representation.

but his principal theme is that the intrigues of the Tories, `` our Popish or Jacobite Party '', pose an immediate threat to Church and State.

Perhaps it is only an analogy, but one of the most obvious differences between cheap fiction and fiction of an enduring quality is the development of a theme or story with leisure and anticipation.

The theme of The Walnut Trees Of Altenburg is most closely related to its immediate predecessor in Malraux's array of novels: Man's Hope ( 1937 ).

It is this larger theme of the `` quality of man '', a quality that transcends the ideological and flows into `` the human '', which now forms the pulsating heart of Malraux's artistic universe.

It is extremely important for each American to realize that the theme `` The United Nations Is Your Business '' applies to him personally.

A quiet but sturdy theme, somewhat folklike in character, appears whenever the old monk speaks of the history he is recording or of his own past life:

Like about half of the 1860 - 70 poems, it is a sonnet on a conventional theme -- the unhappiness of love.

Both of them did communicate one central theme: Against the ruin of the world, there is only one defense -- the creative act.

This, of course, is the theme of much art -- perhaps most poetry.

It is the theme of Horace, who certainly otherwise bears little resemblance to Parker or Thomas.

The difference is that Horace accepted his theme with a kind of silken assurance.

The immediate theme, if it exists, is incidental, and his main theme -- the terror of birth -- is simply reiterated.

Money, so important a theme elsewhere in Dickens, is here central, and hands are often associated in some way with the false values -- acquisitiveness, snobbery, self-interest, hypocrisy, toadyism, irresponsibility, injustice -- that attach to a society based upon the pursuit of wealth.

Stagecoach Days is the theme for the weekend on the Old Chisholm Trail.

This is one of the main reasons for National Library Week, April 16-22, and for its theme: `` For a richer, fuller life, read ''!!

But this is a theme which does not take so much time to state as Mr. Wesker dedicates to it.