What is universal theme?
a central message that applies to anyone, anywhere
a central message or insight that is revealed through a story
the time, place, and social/historical context in which a story takes place
a piece of writing that uses careful and deliberate word choice

A universal theme is a central message that applies to anyone, anywhere.

Literary pieces usually have a theme, or central idea, conveyed throughout the text. A universal theme applies to anyone regardless of cultural nuances or geographic location, generally because the theme is an issue that deals with the basic human concerns. Therefore, it is easily relatable by a variety of readers.

explanation:

the goblins and dwarves have different perspectives of things. bilbo is a hobbit and goblins dwarves and hobbits all believe and do a different way of living

the support that the author, uses in the article facing our fears is a): a definition of the part of the brain called the amygdala.

he takes neuroscientist joseph ledoux's words by telling that by falling to distinguish between evolutionary old systems located in the amygdala and newer systems, centered in the prefrontal cortex, doctors have conflated non conscious threat circuits in the brain with circuits that underlie the conscious experience of fear. that, the author says, "leads ledoux to the jarring conclusion that the amygdala, a decades-old centerpiece of the brain's fear circuit, does not underlie the conscious feeling of fear".

despite this, the author points out in the article that that is a controversial notion and that evidence, in animal and humans, supports the idea that core emotions can exist outside of conscious awareness.