All 3 Uses of
theme
in
Hyperion
- Before it was over some three hours later there would be minor variations on repeated themes, ineffective thrusts and clumsy counterthrusts, and a less than honorable moment when Henry would order prisoners killed rather than leave them in the rear when the English were confronted with a new threat.†
Part 2
- Like a theme park?
Part 4 *theme park = an amusement park with one or more basic underlying ideas -- such as the "Magic Kingdom" of Disneyworld
- A theme park then?
Part 5
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