Charlemagne, the son of Pepin the Short and Bertrada, was born in 742. Although his parents married before his brother Carloman was born, they were not legally married at the time of Charlemagne's birth, and he was thus thought to be illegitimate (born out of wedlock).
The Great Gatsby. Theme. The overall theme of âThe Great Gatsbyâ is the American dream. Originally, the American dream was supposed to be the pursuit of happiness and the love between a man and a woman. During the story, the American dream is corrupted by the selfish pleasures of the men and women in the story.
LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in The Great Gatsby, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work. F. Scott Fitzgerald coined the term Jazz Age to describe the decade of decadence and prosperity that America enjoyed in the 1920s, which was also known as the Roaring Twenties.