The principal theme of Thomas's poetry was the ambivalence of birth and death -- the pain of blood-stained creation.

The conflict between oppressive, spiritually destructive conformity ( mauvaise foi, literally, " bad faith ") and an " authentic " way of " being " became the dominant theme of Sartre's early work, a theme embodied in his principal philosophical work L ' Être et le Néant ( Being and Nothingness ) ( 1943 ).

" The principal theme of biological determinism — that " worth can be assigned to individuals and groups by measuring intelligence as a single quantity "— is analyzed in discussions of craniometry and psychological testing, the two methods used to measure and establish intelligence as a single quantity.

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

The melody of “ The Isle of Innisfree ” which is first heard over the opening credit sequence with Ashford Castle in the background becomes the principal musical theme of The Quiet Man.

Anarchism's principal target is the authoritarian State ( capitalist or socialist ); its principle moral-practical theme is cooperation ( solidarity, mutual aid ).

He was most amiable at the rehearsal .... To this day I can recall how Rubinstein sat down at the piano, his leonine head thrown back slightly, and began the five opening measures of the principal theme ....

After the horn / oboe conversation has ended, the principal theme of the movement appears on solo flute and violins.

A principal theme of the trilogy is the shift from the practice of personal vendetta to a system of litigation.

His principal work was Historiae Philippicae in forty-four books, so called because the Macedonian empire founded by Philip is the central theme of the narrative.

The principal theme of the epic is the justified elevation of Marduk to command over all the deities.

" it has elements of what is conventionally known as ' sonata form ', but the music does not follow a set pattern [...] Thus, ' expositional ' treatment merges directly into the type of contrapuntal and modulatory writing appropriate to ' elaboration ' sections [...]; the beginning of the principal theme-group is recapitulated in C minor rather than in A minor, and the C minor chorale theme [...] of the exposition is never recapitulated at all "

In rondo form, a principal theme ( sometimes called the " refrain ") alternates with one or more contrasting themes, generally called " episodes ," but also occasionally referred to as " digressions " or " couplets.

The recurring theme of sea and sky is echoed in the names of the two principal women, Marina and Stella.

The designer creates the original game with its theme, its game system, and its principal components, delivering a complete single prototype to the publisher.

The theme of thievery to which Timon is alluding is also a principal theme of Pale Fire, referring to Charles Kinbote's misappropriation of the poem by the deceased John Shade that forms part of the novel's structure.

When once it has taken root in the composer ’ s imagination, it forthwith begins to grow and develop ; the principal theme being the center round which the branches group themselves in all conceivable ways, though always unmistakably related to it.

* Dating sims focuses on dating as the principal theme.

The first movement rondo's principal theme being a word, " fmsbwtözäu " pronounced Fümms bö wö tää zää Uu, from a 1918 poem by Raoul Hausmann, apparently also a sound poem.

The finale is a magnificent theme and variations on a ground bass, five measures in length, derived from the principal theme.

* The theme or principal melody ( B ), featuring the flute, thus often referred to as parte de ( la ) flauta.

The principal defender of this view of primary experience as `` causal efficacy '' is Alfred North Whitehead.

This is the principal point made in this final section of Englishman No. 57, and it caps Steele's efforts in his other writing of these months to counteract the notion of the Tories as a `` Church Party '' supported by the body of the clergy.

But when the situation was so complicated that even Nogaret, one of the principal actors in the drama, could misinterpret the pope's motives, it is possible that Othon and his companions, equally baffled, attributed their difficulties to a more immediate cause.

We submit that this is a most desirable effect of the law -- and one of its principal aims.

A primary function is the operation of a Government Bid Center, which receives bids daily from the Federal Government's principal purchasing agencies.

Subject to the limitations hereinafter provided, the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, as prescribed by Section 8 of this Title, an amount not exceeding the principal of each award, plus accrued interests on such awards as bear interest, certified pursuant to Section 5 of this Title, in accordance with the award.

The Strategic Air Command is the principal element of our long-range nuclear capability.

If your principal place of abode for the tax year is outside the United States ( including Alaska and Hawaii ), Puerto Rico, or the Virgin Islands and you have no legal residence or principal place of business in any Internal Revenue district in the United States, you should file your return with the Office of International Operations, Internal Revenue Service, Washington 25, D.C..

But in such an important question, we would be satisfied if the judgment were that the principal objection to the identity of forces which produce electricity and magnetism were only a difficulty, and not a thing which is contrary to it.

There are three principal feed bunk types for dairy and beef cattle: ( 1 ) Fence-line bunks -- cattle eat from one side while feed is put in from the opposite side of the fence by self-unloading wagons ; ;

This is a pilot operation sponsored by a new entity chartered in Delaware as the Tri-State Pipeline Corporation, with principal offices in New York State.

Miller ( '50 ) is the principal antagonist of this viewpoint.

Emotional maturity is the result of many factors, the principal ones being the experiences of the first few years of the child's life.

Perhaps one way to sharpen our sense of the modernity of Utopian communism is to contrast it with the principal earlier types of communistic theory.

-- One of the principal aims of anionic polymerization techniques is the synthesis of polymers of extremely narrow molecular weight distribution.

If it is owned, taxes must be paid, and if the place is not free of mortgage, there will be interest and payments on the principal to take care of.

The role of an earthquake in starting the destruction of whole cities is tremendously frightening, but fire may actually be the principal agent in a particular disaster.

In general, friendly contact with a member followed by contact with a clergyman will account for a major share of recruitment by the churches, making it quite evident that the extension of economic integration through co-optation is the principal form of mission in the contemporary church ; ;

The new school superintendent is Harry Davis, a veteran agriculture teacher, who defeated Felix Bush, a school principal and chairman of the Miller County Democratic Executive Committee.

The principal of the school announced that -- despite the help of private tutors in Hollywood and Philadelphia -- Fabian is a 10-o'clock scholar in English and mathematics.

While it must be said that these same Protestants have built some new churches during this period, and that religious population shifts have emptied churches, a principal reason for this phenomenon of redundancy is that fewer Protestants are going to church.

However, my principal objection in this sort of novel is to the hackneyed treatment of race-drivers, pilots, submariners, atomic researchers, and all the machine-masters of our age as brooding mystics or hysterical fatalists.