motif
an archetype
In A Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy the meaning was, 42, if that helps any than your welcome.
Supporting sentences use ideas and facts to support the thesis or main idea.
"I think therefore I am" This idea was proposed bu Descartes.
"All conflict in literature is, in its simplest form, a struggle between good and evil". This statement simplifies the idea that all themes and struggles in literature when broken down to their most basic forms are a conflict of good versus evil.
motif
Motif: A recurrent thematic element in an artistic or literary work. A dominant theme or central idea.
A theme is a unifying, implicit or recurrent idea
A playwright, also known as a dramatist, is a person who writes dramatic literature or drama.
Theme
A recurring theme is an idea (really, a statement about the human condition) that presents itself more than once in a book, a genre, or an entire culture. For instance, a recurrent theme in western literature involves the idea that "obsession leads to man's self-destruction" (as found in Macbeth, the movie The Prestige, and many, many other works of art and literature.)
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theme
Theme
A persuasive explanation of an idea
Sub-plot Theme
Sub-plot Theme