What is the difference between a subject and a theme in a story?

the subject is the topic of a story, it is what the story is about, and not what the lesson learned is. a theme is the lesson that was learned in the end.

this labor, by slow prudence to make mild.   c. ability to govern well

they both lost a woman they loved named lenore

they believed they interracted with a talking raven

they became orphaned at a young age.