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Stevenson is a difficult author to nail down - I did my doctoral dissertation on him. A major theme in Kidnapped (and in many of his other novels), is the triumph of good over evil. Another major theme in the novel is 'duality' - Stevenson is saying that nothing is black and white or cut and dried - that no one is perfectly good or totally evil.
My favourite theme is Kidnapped is 'father figures'. I argued that Stevenson's relationship with his own father was ambiguous and that in Kidnapped (AND in many other of his novels) the protagonist is in search of a father figure. Note how in both Kidnapped and Treasure Island, for example, the young hero's own father dies in the first few pages! Perhaps the first father figure in Kidnapped is David's uncle, and the uncle tries to kill him (bad father!). Alan (according to a wanted poster) is old enough to be a father to David, but he is ambiguously a mixture of good and evil...
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What is the name of the ship in the novel kidnapped?
covnent
Who wrote the novel kidnapped?
Robert Lois Stevenson
What is the theme of Kidnapped?
Stevenson is a difficult author to nail down - I did my doctoral dissertation on him. A major theme in Kidnapped (and in many of his other novels), is the triumph of good over evil. Another major theme in the novel is 'duality' - Stevenson is saying that nothing is black and white or cut and dried - that no one is perfectly good or totally evil. My favourite theme is Kidnapped is 'father figures'. I argued that Stevenson's relationship with his own father was ambiguous and that in Kidnapped (AND in many other of his novels) the protagonist is in search of a father figure. Note how in both Kidnapped and Treasure Island, for example, the young hero's own father dies in the first few pages! Perhaps the first father figure in Kidnapped is David's uncle, and the uncle tries to kill him (bad father!). Alan (according to a wanted poster) is old enough to be a father to David, but he is ambiguously a mixture of good and evil...
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Can society be a theme in a novel?
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A theme of a passage story novel poem or drama that readers can apply to life is called a?
universal theme.
