Themes and motifs on Xena

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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
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