THEME AND SYMBOLISM THESAURUS

JUSTICE



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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.
THEMATIC STATEMENTS THAT MAY APPLY TO YOUR STORY:
Valuing and seeking justice is our responsibility as humans.
Justice will always have its way.
There is no peace without justice. There is no justice without mercy.
To create harmony, laws must be just.
Justice is everyone's concern.
To delay justice is to deny it.
There is no justice without equality.

LIES (ANTI-THEMATIC STATEMENTS) YOUR CHARACTER MIGHT BELIEVE:
What goes around comes around.
If justice doesn't prevail, I'll have to take matters into my own hands.
I'm too insignificant to make a difference.
Inequality isn't my concern because it doesn't affect me personally.
It's not my place to question the government/church/etc.
Justice should be restored by any means necessary.
These affairs are too complicated for me to understand or act on.
Justice is a nice idea but will never be the reality.

CHARACTER TRAITS TO SUPPORT OR CHALLENGE THE THEME:
ANTISOCIAL, APATHETIC, CONTROLLING, COWARDLY, DISHONEST, EVIL, GULLIBLE, HYPOCRITICAL, INFLEXIBLE, IRRESPONSIBLE, MARTYR, PESSIMISTIC, PREJUDICED, REBELLIOUS, RECKLESS, SELFISH, TIMID, UNETHICAL, VINDICTIVE, BOLD, EMPATHETIC, FOCUSED, HONORABLE, IDEALISTIC, INDUSTRIOUS, JUST, PASSIONATE, PROTECTIVE, RESPONSIBLE, SOCIALLY AWARE, SPIRITUAL, TRUSTING, WISE

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