Theme of The Prisoner of Chillon ] The Prisoner of Chillon by Lord Byron is the story of a man’s experience living in a dungeon. This man is the narrator of the story. The themes of this poem are that what you’ve been through makes you who you are and that a person can get attached to a certain lifestyle. These themes were mainly developed by the plot. The theme of The Prisoner of …
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…narrator when he says “a long communion tends to make us what we are” (391). Lord Byron created the theme of The Prisoner of Chillon by use of plot. Throughout the story, the narrator went through tough conditions. Eventually, he became used to these circumstances. He had lived in the dungeon for so long, that he actually was attached to his lifestyle. This attachment to something over time is the theme of the poem. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**