Themes and motifs on Xena: Difference between revisions
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** [[Beware Greeks Bearing Gifts]] | ** [[Beware Greeks Bearing Gifts]] | ||
* Self-reliance versus spirituality and reliance on the gods | * Self-reliance versus spirituality and reliance on the gods | ||
* 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]]) | * The friendship, close relationship, and lesbian [[subtext]] between Xena and Gabrielle (see [[Xena-Gabrielle relationship]]) | ||
Revision as of 12:17, 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
- 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)