The novel emphasizes the innate (i) of all humans, showing how each and every character within the narrative is, ultimately, (ii). This motif becomes tiresome due to its (iii), however, as character after character is bribed, either explicitly or implicitly, into giving up his or her supposedly cherished beliefs.
Blank (i)
zealousness
corruptibility
optimism
Blank (ii)
adroit
cunning
venal
Blank (iii)
redundancy
triviality
subtlety