Talk:Subtext

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Didn't "subtext" originate as a term in literary theory to describe those texts that precede, and metaphorically "underlie," a given text? For example, no one writing in English about a man stranded on a desert island could ignore the pervasive influence of "Robinson Crusoe."

The meaning given in this stub (and in the American Heritage Dictionary and in general usage, esp. by actors) seems to be more along the lines of what used to be known as implicature, or reading between the lines.

[edit] H.G. Wells / Eloi and Morlocks

I don't think it's correct to call these metaphorically capitalists and workers in this article. They literally are these things if you read the book, so it's not so much a metaphor but a historical fact (in the fictional world of the book).