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The phrase "a theme in itself" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate that something can stand alone as a theme or idea, independent of other themes.
Example: "The concept of identity is a theme in itself that resonates throughout the entire novel."
Alternatives: "a theme on its own" or "an independent theme".
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The ache of endurance is a theme in itself.
"The 'banlieue' isn't a theme in itself, but rather, a stage for my projects," he said.
Sometimes the spectacle of talented people doing the things that interest them in front of an engaged, appreciative audience is a theme in itself.
But each piece was firmly rooted in the tiresome "everything and nothing" school of choreography so popular today, in which flurries of hectic non-sequential steps and gestures take a very long time to express nothing, unless physical expertise has now become a theme in itself.
The first dated landscape drawing in European history – meaning a landscape that is not a background, but a theme in itself – is currently on view in the British Museum's exhibition of Italian Renaissance drawings: it was done on 5 August 1473 by Leonardo da Vinci.
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But what about book-giving as a theme in literature itself?
It's no accident that the tension between democratic access and goal-oriented expertise becomes a theme in the film itself, as people argue that Occupy Wall Street's horizontal structure prevents it from making a greater practical impact.
While the reviewers in this review identified 'bereavement' as a separate theme in itself, the latter had a more generic focus.
Freedom is a theme in her postings.
Isolation had become a bit of a theme in Perth.
It's long been a theme in her act.
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