THEME AND SYMBOLISM THESAURUS

PURITY



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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:
Purity is an impossible ideal.
Religious purity is a sham.
Purity produces hypocrisy.
Children are born pure and are corrupted by society.
No one is born pure.
One small impurity ruins the whole batch.
Purity can be found in nature.
A pure heart is the surest way to inner peace.

LIES (ANTI-THEMATIC STATEMENTS) YOUR CHARACTER MIGHT BELIEVE:
It's impossible for me to be pure.
Striving for purity is the only way I can be free of my past.
I can't be a good person if I'm not pure in heart.
I'm the only one who has these thoughts.
Everyone else is better than I am.
I'm better than everyone else because of my restraint.
No one has anything to offer me.
I have to be perfect or they won't accept me.
I have to do what my parent/spouse/community says.

CHARACTER TRAITS TO SUPPORT OR CHALLENGE THE THEME:
ADDICTIVE, CHILDISH, FANATICAL, GOSSIPY, HYPOCRITICAL, IGNORANT, INFLEXIBLE, OBSESSIVE, PERFECTIONIST, REBELLIOUS, SELF-INDULGENT, WEAK-WILLED, DISCIPLINED, HONORABLE, INNOCENT, MERCIFUL, OBEDIENT, PASSIONATE, SENSUAL, SPIRITUAL, TOLERANT, TRADITIONAL, UNINHIBITED

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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