All 3 Uses of
theme
in
Misery, by Stephen King
- He remembered getting two letters suggesting Misery theme parks, on the order of Disney World or Great Adventure.†
Chpt 3 *theme parks = amusement parks each of which have one or more basic underlying ideas -- such as the "Magic Kingdom" of Disneyworld
- That first one had had all the life of an eighthgrader's 'How I Spent My Summer Vacation' theme.†
Chpt 2
- Oh, but it's not, there is a theme here, Paul.†
Chpt 3
Definitions:
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(1)
(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
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(2)
(theme as in: musical theme) the initial or primary melody of a musical composition
or
(as in "theme song") music that is most repeated in a film, television series, or other theatrical production -
(3)
(theme as in: wrote a 2-page theme on my summer) an essay written by a student
(This sense of theme is much rarer in recent decades than in the past.)