Which statement is true about theme in short stories?

a) the theme of a work may be expressed in a word or two, such as “beauty” or “bad weather.”

b) a theme is the music an author would choose if a movie were to be made from the story.

c) theme is the place where the story is set, or where the story takes place.

d) a theme is the central message of a story and usually shows some insight into life.

one thousand and one nights, also known as arabian nights is a collection of stories whose basic structure is that of embedded narrative. this technique refers to a main story which works as the common frame - or framing narrative - for the other stories, and then this series of stories which are connected to the main one. this technique can also be referred to as a story within a story. the stories stem from the original tale, some begin and end on their own, some are connected to the previous or following one, by means of questions that are answered in the subsequent tale, or characters which reappear.

what author is in this question?

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