Themes

Hey all! Not sure if this is the right subforum, but I had a question about themes. I recently had to do a paper analyzing tobacco ads from various magazines. I was to select several themes that were prominent throughout most of those ads. I had selected what I thought was 3 themes, however, my professor considers them 5 themes. I was wondering if anyone else would agree with the professor?

"After examining each ad, I came to several conclusions regarding their portrayal: they displayed either sophisticated or homely traits, provoked an aura of mystery, or issued a sense of glamour and rebellion."

Could those 3 groupings be considered 3 different themes?

I also had an issue with her regarding the usage of homely. As she describes it, homely denotes a negative connotation. However, I had looked it up prior in the dictionary and was able to find an alternate meaning of "simple" and "unpretentious." I even had an argument about using down-to-earth with hyphens.

"It provides a more down-to-earth feeling and doesn’t selectively outcast the reader according to their persona, much like the sophisticated ads."

Any and all criticism accepted and if anyone wants a copy of my paper to critique, please let me know.