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Death of a Salesman
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What is the American Dream? Is it popularity? Or is it being content with what you have? In Arthur Miller's play Death of a Salesman, the American...

Their Eyes Were Watching God
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Their eyes may have been watching God, but we think we know who won that staring contest.

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
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The title is pretty ironic when you consider how little sleep you'd be getting if you had a headless horseman chasing you.

Their Eyes Were Watching God (Summary)
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A great marriage begins with a blooming pear tree and ends with a hurricane, rabies, and a murder trial…or something like that.

Death of a Salesman Summary
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A salesman dies—sorry to ruin it for you. But in addition to giving away key plot points in the title, Arthur Miller also liked to make some pret...

A&P (John Updike)
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Three scantily clad young girls enter a store. No, this isn’t your grandfather about to tell an inappropriate joke. And no, you’re not watching...

Africa (Angelou)
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In Maya Angelou's poem "Africa," she compares Africa's pain and struggles to a woman being brutalized. Why does she do this? Is it to draw sympathy...

Catching Fire (Part 2)
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“Happy Hunger Games!” Or not. Katniss’s Hunger Games experiences left a not-so-happy effect on her. This video will prompt you to ponder if...

Frankenstein
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No HBO? Well then, how does a horror short story writing contest sound? And the winner is...drum roll, please...Mary Shelley. You go, girl. And tha...

Jane Eyre
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This video covers the plot of Jane Eyre, a novel by Charlotte Brontë. In it, Jane Eyre, an orphan-turned-governess with a miserable childhood fall...

The Picture of Dorian Gray
43830 Views

Look, we get that you really like that one selfie with the makeup filter, but don't get this carried away about it, okay? Also, put your tongue bac...

Catching Fire (Part 1)
2682 Views

We volunteer you as tribute to watch this video analysis of Katniss in the second book of the Hunger Games series. After the berry suicide attempt...

Frankenstein Summary
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This story goes as you might expect—a sprinkling of science, endless amounts of death and despair, and a whole lot of ugly monster. Oh joyous day!

Sherlock Holmes
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Why does Dr. Watson keep appearing in Sherlock Holmes's stories? Shmoop amongst yourselves.

The Hunger Games
12870 Views

We get it: Jennifer Lawrence is awesome. We think so, too. That being said, we wouldn't actually want to see her killing other kids in a bloodthirs...

The Hunger Games Summary
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It's not your everyday teenager that volunteers to enter a fight to the death, but then again not every teenager has a cool name like "Katniss Ever...

Catching Fire Summary
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If you're anything like us, one cutthroat fight to the death just wasn't enough. Thanks to Suzanne Collins, here's round two!

Jane Eyre Summary
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When you're about to marry the love of your life, not many things could stop you. However, finding out that your future hubby is keeping his crazy...

Everything About Bleak House
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The house may be bleak, and so will your social life when you take on this epically long novel. Dickens is pretty hip, though, so you'll earn some...

Frankenstein: Does the Monster Have a Name?
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Wait. The monster’s name isn’t Frankenstein? Mind. Blown. Watch the video to find out more about Dr. Frankenstein’s nameless monster.

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