The theme may be the formation of a shape from which other shapes evolve.

In method as well as in theme this little anecdote with its details selected as much for expressiveness and allegory as for `` realism '', anticipates a kind of musical composition, as well as a kind of fictional composition, in which, as Leverkuhn says, `` there shall be nothing unthematic ''.

An idea, let us say, may be roughly defined as a theme or topic with which our reflection may be concerned.

The theme of Rhode Island Heritage Week for 1961 will be `` Independence and Union ''.

Such mannerisms would be less worthy of remark, were it not that in Great Expectations, as in no other of Dickens' novels, hands serve as a leitmotif of plot and theme -- a kind of unifying symbol or natural metaphor for the book's complex of human interrelationships and the values and attitudes that motivate them.

The international theme will be continued with the Balkan strings playing for a dinner the Byron Harveys will give in the Racquet club after the tea.

Malzahar, a character from League of Legends, has a similar back story and Arabian theme that seems to be a direct reference to Alhazred, not to mention the obvious correlation between the two names.

The theme is also present in the many other nameless citizens who are separated from loved ones in other towns or from those who happened to be out of town when the gates of Oran were closed.

The main theme has a distinct 1960s feel to it and is known to be a highly complex piece of music due to the quick playing of the Violin.

The theme, which purports to be autobiographical, is that of rejected love.

The theme for the scherzo can be traced back to a fugue written in 1815.

This may be because Wilfrid's opulent lifestyle was uncongenial to Bede's monastic mind ; it may also be that the events of Wilfrid's life, divisive and controversial as they were, simply did not fit with Bede's theme of the progression to a unified and harmonious church.

As chapters 1-10 progress the theme of God's presence with Israel comes to the fore: these chapters describe how Israel is to be organised around the Sanctuary, God's dwelling-place in their midst, under the charge of the Levites and priests, in preparation for the conquest of the land.

In theme and function they may originate from Scandinavian and Germanic traditions of storytelling that can be seen in poems such as Beowulf.

* Printed value collections: A currency collection might be modeled around the theme of a specific printed value, for example, the number 1.

Blade Runner can be seen as a quintessential example of the cyberpunk style and theme.

These fundamental similarities and differences provide a unifying theme, sometimes allowing the principles learned from studying one cell type to be extrapolated and generalized to other cell types.

In music, a concept album is an album that is " unified by a theme, which can be instrumental, compositional, narrative, or lyrical.

Although it has a unified theme in its emotional content, the writers ( Brian Wilson and Tony Asher ) have said repeatedly that it was not necessarily intended to be a narrative.

In this interpretative schema, the institution of the Rex Nemorensis and related ritual should be seen as related to the theme of the dying god and the kings of May.

In Spain dolmens can be found in Galicia ( such as Axeitos, pictured below ), Basque Country and Navarre ( like the Sorgin Etxea ) and the basque name for theme is Trikuharri or Jentiletxe, Catalonia ( like Cova d ' en Daina or Creu d ' en Cobertella ), Andalusia ( like the Cueva de Menga ) and Extremadura ( like " Dolmen de Lácara ").

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.

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.

' The subject situates himself as determined by the phantasy ... whether in the dream or in any of the more or less well-developed forms of day-dreaming '; and as a rule ' a subject's fantasies are close variations on a single theme ... the " fundamental fantasy "... minimizing the variations in meaning which might otherwise cause a problem for desire '.

Social class was a theme in Wells's The Time Machine in which the Time Traveller speaks of the future world, with its two races, as having evolved from the gradual widening of the present ( 19th century ) merely temporary and social difference between the Capitalist and the Labourer ...

It had been anticipated only to discuss problems that occurred with the deportations of the ( Greater ) German Jews ... Only after Hitler's speech of 12 December was Heydrich able, as Gerlach shows, to broaden the theme and fix a conference on the ' Final Solution of the European Jewish question '.

Perhaps the most elaborate theme in From Hell stems from Moore's statement that " the Ripper murders — happening when they did and where they did — were almost like an apocalyptic summary of ... that entire Victorian age.

" Anthony Boucher praised the novel, saying " Matheson has added a new variant on the Last Man theme ... and has given striking vigor to his invention by a forceful style of storytelling which derives from the best hard-boiled crime novels ".

In a more complex situation, A la maniere de ... Emmanuel Chabrier / Paraphrase sur un air de Gounod (" Faust IIème acte "), Ravel takes on a theme from Gounod's Faust and arranges it in the style of Chabrier.

Fett's " distinctive " theme, composed by John Williams, is " not music, exactly " ... but " more of a gurgly, viola-and-bassoon thing aurally cross-pollinated with some obscure static sounds.

Simón Bolívar noticed the Guadalupan theme in these uprisings, and shortly before Morelos ' execution in 1815 wrote: " the leaders of the independence struggle have put fanaticism to use by proclaiming the famous Virgin of Guadalupe as the queen of the patriots, praying to her in times of hardship and displaying her on their flags ... the veneration for this image in Mexico far exceeds the greatest reverence that the shrewdest prophet might inspire.

Whilst acknowledging that the episode " contains nothing that is historically impossible " Hill says that Matthew's " real concern is ... with theological reflection on the theme of OT fulfilment ".

Michael is the no-nonsense, serious but unassuming leader, Steven the loving, near-groom, pecked at by his mother for not wearing a scarf with his tuxedo and Nick is the quiet, introspective man who loves hunting because, " I like the trees ... you know ... the way the trees are ..." The recurring theme of " one shot ", which is how Michael prefers to take down a deer, is introduced.

In one meeting, he inquired about a piece " on which we might build something of a prehistoric theme ... with animals ".

A newspaper in Fort Wayne, Indiana praised the film for its " rare quality of charm and a warmth of appeal that is truly unique " and concluded: " Here is a story beautiful and exquisite in theme ... Its simplicity and utter humanness have an appeal that reaches straight to the heart of the onlooker.

Instead of taking phenomenology as prima philosophia or a foundational discipline, Heidegger took it as a metaphysical ontology: " being is the proper and sole theme of philosophy ... this means that philosophy is not a science of beings but of being .".

novella is one of the richest and most rewarding of literary forms ... it allows for more extended development of theme and character than does the short story, without making the elaborate structural demands of the full-length book.

His biographer Gordon A. Craig observes that this work gave few indications of his promise as a gifted writer: " Although the theme of incest, which was to occupy Fontane on later occasions, is touched upon here, the mawkishness of the tale ... is equaled by the lameness of its plot and the inertness of the style in which it is told, and characters Clärchen and her brother are both so colorless that no one could have guessed that their creator had a future as a writer.

The theme song has also been covered by Australian band Regurgitator on their 1999 album ... art.

* Martha Gellhorn, the American novelist, journalist and war correspondent, said that " Pilger has taken on the great theme of justice and injustice ...

suffix, some towards the late 1990s change the suffix to Anthems ... Ever !, with a plural on the theme ( example the album The Best Celtic Anthems ... Ever !).

In spite of all this, he has expressed himself in a significant and, on the whole, highly original form .... His first theme ... is no mere dance-tune ... it is an idea, or several ideas, correlated and combined in varying and contrasting rhythms that immediately intrigue the listener.

The theme that runs throughout his work is his concern with liberty and the dignity of human beings ... Sir Isaiah radiated well-being.

Tovey describes this variation as " startling ", but points out that it follows Diabelli's melody clearly and " changes from quick common to slower triple time whenever it reproduces the sequential passages ... in the theme ".