AP LIT THEMES

THE ART OF DECEPTION

• The important of being earnest

• Where are you going, where have you been?

HYPOCRISY VS. INVENTIVENESS

• The importance of being earnest

NAME & IDENTITY

• The importance of being earnest

• Homegoing

• The Handmaids Tale

NAMES & NICKNAMES

• The importance of being earnest

APPEARANCE VS. REALITY

• Grendel

• Beowulf

• The Handmaids Tale

• Where are you going, where have you been?

• The Color Purple

• The importance of being earnest

• The lord of the flies

MANS INHERENT EVIL

• The lord of the flies

MANKIND’S NEED FOR SOCIETY

• The lord of the flies

MANKIND’S NEED FOR RELIGION

• The lord of the flies

LOSS OF INNOCENCE

• The lord of the flies

• Where are you going, where have you been?

SEXISM/GENDER INEQUALITY

• The Color Purple

• The Handmaids Tale

RACISM/DISCRIMINATION/STEREOTYPES

• The Color Purple

• Homegoing

VIOLENCE & SUFFERING

• The Color Purple

• The Handmaids Tale

WOMEN’S STRENGHT/RELATIONSHIPS

• The Color Purple

• The Handmaids Tale

POWER OF FRIENDSHIP

• The Color Purple

• The Handmaids Tale

TRADITIONAL GENDER ROLES

• The Color Purple

• The Handmaids Tale

SELF-ACTUALIZATION

• Frankenstein

• Grendel

• Beowulf

FAMILY

• Homegoing

HERITAGE

• Homegoing

HISTORY

• Homegoing

SCARS

• Homegoing

COMPLACENY

• The lord of the flies

• The important of being earnest

COMPLICITY

• The importance of being earnest

REBELLION

• The Handmaids Tale

• The lord of the flies

STORYTELLING

• Homegoing

• The Color Purple

• The Handmaids Tale

AMBITION

• The Handmaids Tale

• The lord of the flies

• Frankenstein

• The Color Purple

DANGER OF KNOWLEDGE

• Frankenstein

• The lord of the flies

REVENGE

• The lord of the flies

PAIN OF ISOLATION

• The Color Purple

• Where are you going, where have you been?

• The Handmaids Tale

NEED FOR COMMUNITY

• The lord of the flies

LOYALTY

• The lord of the flies

AGENCY, CONTROL, AND MANIPULATION

• The Handmaids Tale

• The lord of the flies