1. Themes
Top Common Themes

2. What is a Theme?
Theme is an overall idea that an author communicates in a work.
Themes are abstract ideas that an author explores through concrete means such as characters and settings.
Many literary works may have multiple themes.

3. Common Literary Themes: Good vs. Evil

4. Common Literary Themes: The Journey

5. Common Literary Themes: Coming of age

6. Common Literary Themes: role of fate

7. Common Literary Themes: sacrifice

8. Common Literary Themes: Overcoming Adversity

9. Common Literary Themes: cost of revenge

10. Common Literary Themes: friendship

11. Common Literary Themes: Heritage and Family

12. Common Literary Themes: Death’s Inevitability