All 3 Uses of
theme
in
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
- 'tis a fault to heaven, A fault against the dead, a fault to nature, To reason most absurd; whose common theme Is death of fathers, and who still hath cried, From the first corse till he that died to-day, 'This must be so.'†
Scene 1.2
- Why, I will fight with him upon this theme Until my eyelids will no longer wag.†
Scene 5.1
- O my son, what theme?†
Scene 5.1 *
Definition:
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(theme as in: theme of the novel) a basic idea that underlies what is being said or done -- especially in a literary or artistic work