1 | Remember, a CentralTheme is not the same as AnAesop; a theme is a question, idea, topic or concept that the text explores, while an Aesop is a conclusion the author reaches about the theme or a lesson they wish to impart to the reader. As such, you should avoid phrasing your examples as conclusions. |
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3 | * ''Film/TwelveAngryMen'': How personal issues and hangups can cloud one's judgment. |
4 | * ''Theatre/SeventeenSeventySix'': The UsefulNotes/AmericanRevolution was started by flawed humans, not creatures of enlightened perfection, and it was not a ForegoneConclusion in the slightest. |
5 | * ''Theatre/{{Assassins}}'': The American Dream and how it can be warped to suit an agenda. |
6 | * ''Theatre/{{Cabaret}}'': Hiding away from the world. |
7 | * ''Theatre/{{Cats}}'': Second chances, the value of community, and the importance of showing compassion toward people who've been marginalized and left behind by society. |
8 | * ''Theatre/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'' (2013 musical): The transformative power of imagination. How cultivating one's creativity and sharing it with others is a path to true happiness, a path even the humblest soul can take. |
9 | * ''Theatre/{{Chicago}}'': The fleeting nature of fame. |
10 | ** Alternatively, the criminal as celebrity. |
11 | * ''Theatre/AChorusLine'': Musical theater, and what it means to pursue your passion. |
12 | * ''Theatre/TheCrucible'': |
13 | ** Religion can destroy people. Religion can turn someone to the side of the Devil. But it can also find the true goodness of a person that has been hidden. |
14 | ** Also, people are bound and driven to find a scapegoat to avoid facing their own problems. |
15 | * ''Theatre/DearEvanHansen'': Having personal problems is no excuse to treat your loved ones badly. You are always responsible for your actions. |
16 | * ''Theatre/DeathOfASalesman'': Is being ordinary a bad thing? Is success the only measure of a man? |
17 | * ''Music/{{Evita}}'': The one thing showbusiness and politics have in common: showmanship. |
18 | * ''Film/AFewGoodMen'': Avoiding responsibility. |
19 | * ''The Flies'': One's true freedom starts at the absolution of guilt. |
20 | * ''Film/GlenGarryGlenRoss'': |
21 | ** Persuasion. |
22 | ** No one stays on top forever. |
23 | ** What it takes to make it in modern business, even if this means losing your soul in the process. |
24 | * ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}'': Ambition, impulsiveness, and legacy measured against time. |
25 | * ''Theatre/{{Heathers}}'': High school, and on a larger scale the world, is a cruel place, but it can get better if people just stopped making fun of each other's insecurities. |
26 | * Creator/HenrikIbsen's plays: |
27 | ** ''Theatre/ADollsHouse'': The inequalities and delusions between a man and a woman within marriage, and what effect these can have on the relationship between them. |
28 | ** ''Theatre/{{Ghosts}}'': The ideals of the old will come to haunt to new. Also, the sins of the father haunt the sons. |
29 | ** ''Theatre/HeddaGabler'': Freedom from societal and [[TheUnfettered moral]] constraints. |
30 | ** ''Theatre/TheWildDuck'': Some people live a lie but sometimes the lie is all they have. |
31 | * ''Theatre/InheritTheWind'': The dangers of letting you religious beliefs cloud your judgement, and that you should open your mind to new ideas even if you don't agree with them. |
32 | * ''Theatre/IntoTheWoods'': [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor "Wishes come true, not free."]] |
33 | * ''Theatre/TheLastFiveYears'': Dishonesty, personal flaws, and miscommunication can tear apart relationships if left unchecked, no matter how strong the relationship may seem |
34 | * ''Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors'': The consequences of giving in to temptation and letting others dominate you. |
35 | * ''The Man Who Had All The Luck'': Luck's guilt. |
36 | * ''Theatre/{{Medea}}'': A WomanScorned with nowhere to seek justice will turn to revenge. |
37 | * ''Theatre/MerrilyWeRollAlong'': Friendship and how relationships with others change depending on your life choices. |
38 | * ''Theatre/OedipusRex'': Should we pursue the truth even if it [[ScrewDestiny leads to our doom]]? |
39 | ** ''Theatre/{{Antigone}}'': What is more important: your duty to the state, or familial bonds? And how far will people go for each? |
40 | * ''Theatre/TheOresteia'': The CycleOfRevenge, to what extent {{Revenge}} is justified and how does one break out of the cycle. |
41 | * ''Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'': People cannot be controlled. |
42 | * ''Theatre/ARaisinInTheSun'': Is the American Dream worth chasing? |
43 | * ''Theatre/RideTheCyclone'': Life isn't a game to be won, but a ride with huge ups and downs, so enjoy it while it lasts. |
44 | * ''Film/RosencrantzAndGuildensternAreDead'' - Is man just a victim of his fate? |
45 | * ''Theatre/ShrekTheMusical'': How stories interact with real life. |
46 | * ''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic'': Which problems you can run from and which ones you should face. |
47 | * ''Theatre/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet'': Love, and the (sometimes horrible) lengths people will go to because of it. |
48 | ** Madness, and how it can consume people. |
49 | * Creator/TennesseeWilliams' plays: |
50 | ** ''Theatre/CatOnAHotTinRoof'': What's left for a man [[BrokenPedestal with no one else to look up to]]? |
51 | ** ''Theatre/TheGlassMenagerie'': Living in a fantasy world versus living in the real one. |
52 | ** ''Film/AStreetcarNamedDesire'': Clinging on to traditions and delusions in the face of the corruption of modern life. |
53 | * ''Theatre/WestSideStory'': Hatred and prejudice will always lead to tragedy. |
54 | * ''Theatre/{{Wicked}}'': Good intentions can still have terrible ramifications, and true friendship can be found in the most unlikely of places. |
55 | * Creator/WilliamShakespeare's plays: |
56 | ** ''Theatre/AllsWellThatEndsWell'': The role women play in young mens' transition to adulthood. |
57 | ** ''Theatre/AntonyAndCleopatra'': Every great man dies twice. |
58 | ** ''Theatre/AsYouLikeIt'': "All the world's a stage, and we are merely players." |
59 | ** ''Theatre/{{Coriolanus}}'': |
60 | *** Democracy can be corrupted by any asshole who chooses to do so. |
61 | *** When society moves on, it leaves behind some truly amazing people. |
62 | ** ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'': The clash of thought and action. A complex mind finds simple actions such as {{Revenge}} hard to appreciate whereas more pragmatic simple people can live with themselves by easy justifications. |
63 | ** ''Theatre/HenryIV'': The relationships between fathers and sons. The clash between frivolous youth and responsible adulthood. |
64 | ** ''Theatre/JuliusCaesar'': The conflict between personal honor and the greater good. Whether a honorable man can retain honor after committing betrayal and in the face of defeat. |
65 | ** ''Theatre/KingLear'': How madness can corrupt and give wisdom. |
66 | ** ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}'': The cost of the pursuit of power. |
67 | ** ''Theatre/TheMerchantOfVenice'' - The price one must pay for one's deeds. |
68 | ** ''Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream'': Love can be difficult, but also magical and beautiful. |
69 | ** ''Theatre/{{Othello}}'': Jealousy. |
70 | ** ''Theatre/RichardII'' - Do the ends justify the means? |
71 | ** ''Theatre/RichardIII'' - How villainy promises nothing but death and destruction. |
72 | ** ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'': The price of young and reckless love. |
73 | ** ''Theatre/TheTamingOfTheShrew'': What is the real role of women in marriage? |
74 | ** ''Theatre/TimonOfAthens'': It is much better to be a misanthrope; you won't be hurt in the end. |
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