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.

While " themes " ( inherited narrative subunits for representing familiar classes of event, such as the " arming the hero ", or the particularly well-studied " hero on the beach " theme ) do exist across Anglo-Saxon and other Germanic works, some scholars conclude that Anglo-Saxon poetry is a mix of oral-formulaic and literate patterns, arguing that the poems both were composed on a word-by-word basis and followed larger formulae and patterns.

Gambling, particularly on craps or horse races, was a common theme of Runyon's works, and he was a notorious gambler himself.

A common theme, particularly among American writers, is that of a Martian colony fighting for independence from Earth.

" 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.

Disney is particularly noted as a film producer and a popular showman, as well as an innovator in animation and theme park design.

The theme was recorded by The Ventures, whose version reached # 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart, and is particularly popular with college and high school marching bands, especially at the University of Hawaii where it has become the unofficial fight song.

By centralising NGOs, particularly those that operate at an international level, they can assign a common theme or set of goals.

I was particularly overwhelmed by an adagio and by several of his extempore variations for which the Emperor had chosen the theme, and which we were to devise alternately.

Another theme is the perversion of notions of right or wrong, particularly patriotism and honor.

From the early sixties the Workshop began creating television theme tunes and jingles, particularly for low budget schools programmes.

Variety reported that the producers were looking for a " faithful adaptation " of the novel, and " consider its theme of finite ecological resources particularly timely.

He was particularly interested in the midway arcade games, where theme park customers would have to use skill and luck to ultimately achieve the goal and win the prize.

The origin of the first theme, later known as American Exceptionalism, was often traced to America's Puritan heritage, particularly John Winthrop's famous " City upon a Hill " sermon of 1630, in which he called for the establishment of a virtuous community that would be a shining example to the Old World.

A common theme occurs when Jessie constantly bickers with A. C. over his insensitive remarks, particularly about women.

Cloud has tried to separate itself from neighboring cities, and particularly the theme parks, by promoting an image of small-town life, as well as attempting to make itself economically less dependent on Kissimmee.

Religion is another theme, particularly Methodism.

In " Towering Alan " he claims to have a broad taste in music ; he is a fan of Kate Bush, the Electric Light Orchestra, UB40, Def Leppard and particularly ABBA, the music of which is a recurrent theme in Knowing Me, Knowing You.

The theme song was shown in the original TBS run, but after TBS re-acquired Fresh Prince in 2007, the opening credits were truncated and the theme song removed and replaced with the instrumental version used as the show's closing theme ; these versions also re-added portions of scenes cut from the original syndicated prints for some episodes, particularly those from seasons 3-6.

Jealousy is often reinforced as a series of particularly strong emotions and constructed as a universal human experience ; it has been a theme of many artistic works.

" Rumble " has also been used as an intro theme to TV shows, particularly the original incarnation of Svengoolie.

OMNIMAX theatres inhabit theme parks and North American museums, particularly those with a scientific focus, where the technical aspects of the system may be highlighted as part of the attraction.

The opening movement, colossal in its conception ( much like the symphony itself ), roughly takes the shape of sonata form, insofar as there is an alternating presentation of two theme groups ; however, the themes are varied and developed with each presentation, and the typical harmonic logic of the sonata form movement — particularly the tonic statement of second theme group material in the recapitulation — is changed.