THEME AND SYMBOLISM THESAURUS

REBIRTH



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HELPFUL TIP:

Your story's theme is its central message to readers and can be reinforced with specific symbols and motifs pulled right from the setting. Additionally, symbols woven into a scene can underscore your character's emotions, establish mood, and even generate conflict. Explore your story theme thoughtfully and use associated symbols to do more with less.
NOTES:
Closely related to TRANSFORMATION, rebirth refers to the spiritual and/or physical evolution of a being into something new.

THEMATIC STATEMENTS THAT MAY APPLY TO YOUR STORY:
Death is the beginning of what comes next.
Not every rebirth results in something better.
Rebirth allows us to be who we were meant to be.

LIES (ANTI-THEMATIC STATEMENTS) YOUR CHARACTER MIGHT BELIEVE:
If I get this life wrong, I'll have another chance in the next one.
Rebirth is possible for some people but not for me.
I don't deserve a second chance.
There is no true enlightenment.
I'm being punished for mistakes I made in a previous life, and there's nothing I can do about it.
This is who I was meant to be.

CHARACTER TRAITS TO SUPPORT OR CHALLENGE THE THEME:
CONTROLLING, CYNICAL, EVIL, FANATICAL, JUDGMENTAL, MORBID, SELF-DESTRUCTIVE, SUPERSTITIOUS, ADAPTABLE, ADVENTUROUS, ANALYTICAL, CENTERED, CURIOUS, FOCUSED, IDEALISTIC, INSPIRATIONAL, OPTIMISTIC, PASSIONATE, PATIENT, PHILOSOPHICAL, SENTIMENTAL, SPIRITUAL

WOUNDS THAT MAY SHAPE A CHARACTER'S PERSPECTIVE:
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CREATIVE WORKS THAT EXPLORE THIS THEME:
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NATURAL SYMBOLS FOR THIS THEME:
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HUMAN & SOCIETAL SYMBOLS FOR THIS THEME:
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