Like much of Irish literature, "Ulysses" is built on themes of poverty and oppression.
The title work, by the imaginative British composer Tarik O'Regan, is a (mostly) Petrarch song cycle, built on themes borrowed from Machaut's Messe de Nostre Dame.
And Philip Glass's String Quartet No. 3, which closed the first half, is built on themes from his score for "Mishima," the Paul Schrader film about Yukio Mishima, the renowned Japanese author who committed seppuku (ritual suicide) in 1970.
As it goes along its dreamy, lyrical way, the film gathers a comic momentum built on themes of sexual jealousy and theatrical legerdemain that Senor Chespir himself might have recognized.
Whether new guidelines or ancient scriptures and sayings, the core message is clear and builds on themes as justice, peace, respect and care for people and nature, all of which can be found in the responsible investment market.
Scott Rudin, one of the producers of the film, said that in spite of its thoroughly modern tag line — "You don't get to 500 million friends without making a few enemies" — "The Social Network" is built on themes that would not be out of place in ancient Rome.
I could explain that my research builds on themes that are important to our modern society, such as the possibilities or failures of cross-cultural dialogue, the relationship between corporations and social communities and the sharp tongue of satire in political discourse.
In comparison, Cobain stated that the lyrics to In Utero were "more focused, they're almost built on themes".
Titled Plânsetul lui Adam, it builds on themes which recalled Byron's 1821 play Cain, and constituted an interrogation of divine laws.
Nonetheless, Cobain told Darcey Steinke in Spin in 1993 that in contrast to Bleach and Nevermind, the lyrics were "more focused, they're almost built on themes".
