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Characters/events systematically represent ideas. High craft load.
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Glossaries · Theme & symbolism
Meaning, motif, and image systems.
Characters/events systematically represent ideas. High craft load.
The big "should / can / what if" your scenes keep circling.
Competing value the story tests against the main thematic line.
Out-of-story reference for writing terms, distinct from in-world appendix text.
When the story lectures instead of dramatizing its argument.
Recurring musical or textual motif tied to a character, place, or idea.