Thunderball
What are the motifs in Thunderball by Ian Fleming?
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Throughout Fleming's novel, revenge is an important motif. All human beings experience a drive for revenge. Bond must revenge himself against Lippe, and in turn, Lippe must revenge himself against Bond. This escalates the conflict, until the ultimate result must be death. By a stroke of luck, the death which ends the escalation is Lippe's rather than Bond's.