Could you name me Themes/Tones/Main Ideas of any books?

Question

just a bunch of names of themes and tones, etc. exp:betrayal, the strive for power (macbeth)

Answer 1

How about "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens. The theme is along the lines of caring more for your fellow man than for wealth. The main idea is changing your ways and thus becoming a better person. The tone is a bit harder as it could be said to have numerous tones to it. At the beginning I'd say it a bit of cheer (think Fred and Bob Cratchit and others being happy it's Christmas and looking to spread good cheer) mixed with a dreary bitterness (Scrooge who would rather Christmas was done away with, doesn't wish to help others, and would fire Cratchit for simply trying to keep warm). Then before Marley's arrival it takes on a foreboding tone, you know something is gonna happen and you're given a clue (the knocker looking like Marley) as to what that is. During his time with the Ghost of Christmas Past the tone is largely that of happiness and good cheer (being reunited with his sister, Fezziwig's party, his time with Belle during the party), but it is also mixed with an air of melancholy (Scrooge all alone as a boy in the boarding school) and turns to greed (Scrooge more intrested in making money than in wedding Belle) and dreary loniliness (Scrooge sitting alone in the counting house after Marley's death). Christmas Present brings back an air of good cheer (everyone celebrating Christmas), but it is mixed with a bit of melancholy (the Cratchits living with so very little for so very many and knowing Tim will die young) before finally becoming somber at the end (the homless family and the father saying he's gonna take the kids to an orpahnage so that they can have a chance to actually get some food). With Christmas Yet to Come the tone becomes grimmer (Scrooge's own death, Bob Cratchit's breaking down when talking about visiting Tim's grave), greedier (all those at the pawn shop who are out to make money off Scrooge's death), and remorseful (Scrooge begging the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come to allow him to rub his name off his own tombstone because he wants to be a changed man). Finally the book ends on a note of giddy joy (Scrooge is a changed man who now sees that money can't bring happiness but helping others can).

Answer 2

Macbeth by William Shakespeare

Themes

Theme 1:
Great ambition, or inordinate lust for power, ultimately brings ruin. For ignoring this ancient rule of living, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth pay with their lives.

Theme 2
Evil wears a pretty cloak.

Early in the play, the three witches tell Macbeth that "fair is foul,” a paradox suggesting that whatever appears good is really bad. For example, murdering Duncan appears to be a “fair” idea to Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, for Macbeth would accede to the throne. But the Macbeths soon discover that only bad has come of their deed, and their very lives–and immortal souls–are in jeopardy. Macbeth also perceives the prophecies made by the “armed head” and the “bloody child” as good omens; in fact, these prophecies are deceptive wordplays that foretell Macbeth’s downfall. In a further exposition of the theme of deceptive appearances, King Duncan speaks the following lines when arriving at Macbeth’s castle:

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