This is also a popular theme in science-fiction novels and movies ; some raise the same question ( Dune's Butlerian Jihad, for example ), while others explore what the relationship between human beings and machines with artificial intelligence would be, and even whether AI is desirable.

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 proper relationship between philosophical criticism and everyday life ( a pervasive theme explored most famously in the Republic )

This theme was situated in the larger context of the relationship between psychological motivations, cultural values and beliefs ( primarily, religion ) and the structure of the society ( usually determined by the economy ).

One main theme of Greek New Comedy is the father – son relationship.

" Yet after the death of Jesus, the inclusion of the Gentiles as equals in this burgeoning sect of Judaism also caused problems, particularly when it came to Gentiles keeping the Mosaic Law, which was both a major issue at the Council of Jerusalem and a theme of Paul's Epistle to the Galatians, though the relationship of Paul of Tarsus and Judaism is still disputed today.

Therefore, a further theme of the poem explores the strong relationship between fathers and sons.

She draws comparisons with Thetis ' role in another work of the epic Cycle concerning Troy, the lost Aethiopis, which presents a strikingly similar relationship — that of the divine Dawn, Eos, with her slain son Memnon ; she supplements the parallels with images from the repertory of archaic vase-painters, where Eros and Thetis flank the symmetrically opposed heroes with a theme that may have been derived from traditional epic songs.

The strain on their relationship due to Kathy's subtle acquiescence to bigotry becomes a key theme in the film.

The above theme is present in almost all of Bertolucci's works, starting with his second film, Prima della rivoluzione ( 1964 ), where this theme is very clear in the story of a young upper-middle agrarian class boy from Parma ( Francesco Barilli ), who, incapable of dealing with his best friend's suicide, throws himself into a relationship with a much older distant relative from Milan ( played by Adriana Asti ).

A son's relationship with his estranged father is a common theme in Spielberg's films, including E. T.

ABC's relationship with Disney dates back to 1953, when Leonard Goldenson pledged enough money so that the " Disneyland " theme park could be completed.

There is no consensus on the relationship between the film's Jewish barber and Chaplin's earlier Tramp character, but the trend is to view the barber as a variation on the theme.

* In the novel " Faust Among Equals " by Tom Holt, the relationship between Faust and Helen of Troy is a central theme.

Another theme is her relationship with the school principal, Seymour Skinner.

As a play concerning the relationship between two empires, the presence of a power dynamic is apparent and becomes a recurring theme.

Antony and Cleopatra battle over this dynamic as heads of state, yet the theme of power also resonates in their romantic relationship.

Many American crossword puzzles contain a " theme " consisting of a number of long entries ( generally three to five in a standard 15 × 15-square " weekday "- size puzzle ) that share some relationship, type of pun, or other element in common.

Giraudoux's dominant theme is the relationship between man and woman — or in some cases, between man and some unattainable ideal.

The relationship contributes to the overall theme of the humanization of Achilles.

Seine-et-Marne as a whole shares a sister city relationship with Orlando, Florida, United States, as both host Disney theme parks.

It is impossible to ignore the significance of madness as well as its relationship with genius and ( thwarted ) artistic expression as a theme in the Gormenghast novels.

At a time when the relationship with the EEC was a major issue in Britain, Taylor's pro-Commonwealth Euroscepticism became a common theme in many of his articles.

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.