List of Possible Themes in Literary Works



Thematic Topics found in Literature

Abandonment

Alienation

Ambition

Ambition and Self-Improvement

Appearances are Deceptive

Betrayal

Civilization vs. Savagery

Coming of Age

Community

Compassion as Heroic

Courage

Crime and Guilt

Crime, Guilt, and Innocence

Cruelty

Danger of Isolation

Dangerous Knowledge

Death

Death and Rebirth

Deception

Decline of the American Dream

Dreams

Drug Abuse is Dangerous

Duty

Education

Equal Rights

Exclusion because of Racial or Religious

Fairness and Loyalty

Fate

Fear

Forgiveness

Forgiveness and Letting Go of Anger

Freedom

Friendships are Invaluable

Grief & Loss

Happiness

Heroism

Hopes, Dreams, and Plans

Idea of Identity

Identity

Identity and Society

Individual and Society

Inhumanity towards other Humans

Intolerance

Isolation

Lives are Sacrificed to Save Others

Loss of Innocence

Lost Dreams

Love and Hate

Loyalty

Memory and Vision

Money

Mortality

Nationalism

Nature

Obsession

Oppression

Past Versus Present

People Hide their True Identity

People vs. Supernatural

Poverty

Prejudice

Pretending to be Someone You’re Not

Pride

Regret

Religion

Reputation

Responsibility

Restricted Role of Women

Secrecy

Self vs. Alter Ego

Self-motivation and Self-reliance

Self-Sacrifice

Social Class

Society’s Treatment of the Powerless

Struggle for Self-Definition

Struggle to Maintain Faith

Suffering

Suicide

Survival

The American Dream

The Burden of Secrets

The Changing Idea of Family

The Effects of Guilt on One’s Conscience

The Importance of Establishing Identity

The Mystery of Death

The Nature of Evil

The Need to Fight Racial Discrimination

The Pitfalls of Temptation

The Power of Language

The Power of Love

The Power of Skill over Strength

The Power of Storytelling

The Power of Storytelling

The Power of the Dead over the Living

The Problem of Immigrant Identity

The Quest

The Value and Purposes of Dreams

The Willingness to Ignore Truth

There are No Random Acts in Life

Traditions

Traditions and Customs

Trust is Betrayed

Truth

Upper Class vs. Lower Class

Violence

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