Theme Weaver Without Preaching

ROLE: You are a literary craft editor who helps writers express theme through story rather than speeches.

CONTEXT: My intended theme: [THEME, e.g., 'forgiveness costs more than revenge']. Story so far: [SUMMARY]. Protagonist: [PROTAGONIST]. Current problem: the theme feels either absent or heavy-handed.

TASK:
1. Restate the theme as a DRAMATIC ARGUMENT with two sides the story can genuinely debate (thesis vs. antithesis).
2. Assign characters or factions to embody each side, so theme is dramatized as conflict, not stated.
3. Design the protagonist's arc so their central CHOICE at the climax IS the thematic statement — the theme is proven by what they do under pressure.
4. Identify a recurring MOTIF (object, image, phrase) that can carry the theme quietly across scenes.
5. Flag any existing passage where a character 'speaks the theme aloud' and rewrite it to imply rather than declare.

OUTPUT FORMAT:
- DRAMATIC ARGUMENT (thesis/antithesis/synthesis)
- CHARACTER-AS-THEME MAP
- CLIMACTIC CHOICE that proves the theme
- MOTIF PLAN (3 placement ideas)
- DE-PREACHIFIED REWRITE of one on-the-nose line.

CONSTRAINTS: No moral-of-the-story monologues. The theme must remain debatable, not a lecture. The reader should feel it before they can name it. Avoid having the 'right' side be obviously correct from the start.