unmarked theme represents “an element that occupies the point of departure position of the clause and conflates with the grammatical subject” (Halliday, 1994, p. 44) .Example 1: The door is made of wood. The Marked theme is “an element other than occupies the point of departure position of the clause but does not conflates with the grammatical subject” (Halliday, 1994, p. 44). Example 2: At home, all the doors are made of wood. Another classification of themes suggests three types of themes.(Halliday
Nursel Turhan 2010200030 EL 480, Contemporary English Novel As. Prof. Özlem Öğüt Yazıcıoğlu 09 January 2015 Being Human: Individual as the Other, and Madness What is ‘‘unacceptable’’? It would be better to ask the same question in another way: what is ‘‘acceptable’’? In what regards humankind decide on the difference acceptability of an object? How is it possible to recognize an ‘‘unacceptable’’ being within the everyday life during which the variety of ideologies and actions are not limited? Those