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Subject Matter and Theme


Subject matter is not what the work contains, but what the work refers to. Subject matter is the main idea of the story which consists of one or two phrases. Theme is the central idea or meaning of a story.

From this explanation it can be concluded that theme and subject matter are different. Theme is an idea which the author presents and is usually written in a full sentence. However, subject matter is a specific topic that is written in a phrase.

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2 comments:

  1. How do you know the subject matter of a play?

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  2. You basically get them in the act and scenes but themes are gotten at the end of the work of art , what particularly the writer Is passing to his reader.

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