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    Theme is the central idea or insight about human nature that a work of literature aims to convey, rather than being a single word, the purpose, the moral, or the conflict. To identify a work's theme, one must first summarize the plot, characters, and conflict, then determine the subject and insight learned about that subject through how the protagonist changes or what lesson is learned by resolving the conflict, supported by evidence from the work.

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    Theme is the central idea or insight about human nature that a work of literature aims to convey, rather than being a single word, the purpose, the moral, or the conflict. To identify a work's theme, one must first summarize the plot, characters, and conflict, then determine the subject and insight learned about that subject through how the protagonist changes or what lesson is learned by resolving the conflict, supported by evidence from the work.

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    Theme is the central idea or insight about human nature that a work of literature aims to convey, rather than being a single word, the purpose, the moral, or the conflict. To identify a work's theme, one must first summarize the plot, characters, and conflict, then determine the subject and insight learned about that subject through how the protagonist changes or what lesson is learned by resolving the conflict, supported by evidence from the work.

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    The Literary Element of Theme

    Theme is:
    • the central, underlying, and controlling idea or insight of a work
    of literature.
    • the idea the writer wishes to convey about the subject—the
    writer’s view of the world or a revelation about human nature.

    Theme is NOT:
    • expressed in a single word
    • the purpose of a work
    • the moral
    • the conflict

    Identifying the Theme in Five Steps


    To identify the theme, be sure that you’ve first identified the story’s
    plot, the way the story uses characterization, and the primary conflict
    in the story.

    Use these steps to determine the theme for a work:

    1. Summarize the plot by writing a one-sentence description for the


    exposition, the conflict, the rising action, the climax, the falling
    action, and the resolution.

    2. Identify the subject of the work.

    3. Identify the insight or truth that was learned about the subject.
    • How did the protagonist change?
    • What lesson did the protagonist learn from the resolution
    of the conflict?

    4. State how the plot presents the primary insight or truth about
    the subject.

    5. Write one or more generalized, declarative sentences that state


    what was learned and how it was learned.

    Theme Litmus Test


    • Is the theme supported by evidence from the work itself?
    • Are all the author’s choices of plot, character, conflict, and tone
    controlled by this theme?

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