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[[Xena: Warrior Princess]] included numerous themes and repeating motifs over its six-year course. | [[Xena: Warrior Princess]] included numerous themes and repeating motifs over its six-year course. | ||
* | * Self-reliance | ||
** [[Beware Greeks Bearing Gifts]] | |||
* Self-reliance versus spirituality and reliance on the gods (e.g., Eli episodes) | |||
* Mistrust of zealotry | |||
* Death of polytheism and forthcoming monotheism/Judeo-Christianity | |||
* The path of nonviolence, peace, and pacifism, versus the path of violence, war, and violence | * The path of nonviolence, peace, and pacifism, versus the path of violence, war, and violence | ||
* The friendship, close relationship, and lesbian [[subtext]] between Xena and Gabrielle (see [[Xena-Gabrielle relationship]]) | |||
* Relationships between women (see [[Significant female-centered episodes and characters on Xena]]) | |||
* An approach to storytelling that freely mixes contemporary and historical cultural references, homages, pastiches, and retellings, with a camp sensibility | |||
* Quest for redemption; Xena, obviously, but also other characters | |||
* Quest to find meaning in life, spiritual purpose, etc.; Gabrielle, in particular | |||
* Coming-of-age story: Gabrielle. The loss of innocence. | |||
[[Category:Xena]] | [[Category:Xena]] | ||
Latest revision as of 15:49, 19 March 2007
Xena: Warrior Princess included numerous themes and repeating motifs over its six-year course.
- Self-reliance
- Self-reliance versus spirituality and reliance on the gods (e.g., Eli episodes)
- Mistrust of zealotry
- Death of polytheism and forthcoming monotheism/Judeo-Christianity
- The path of nonviolence, peace, and pacifism, versus the path of violence, war, and violence
- The friendship, close relationship, and lesbian subtext between Xena and Gabrielle (see Xena-Gabrielle relationship)
- Relationships between women (see Significant female-centered episodes and characters on Xena)
- An approach to storytelling that freely mixes contemporary and historical cultural references, homages, pastiches, and retellings, with a camp sensibility
- Quest for redemption; Xena, obviously, but also other characters
- Quest to find meaning in life, spiritual purpose, etc.; Gabrielle, in particular
- Coming-of-age story: Gabrielle. The loss of innocence.