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To Kill A Mockingbird Part 8: The Contemporary World
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How do 21st century readers comprehend To Kill A Mockingbird? And why does Atticus primarily focus on his family instead of the rest of the world?...

To Kill A Mockingbird 5 Atticus the Gentleman
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Atticus is the perfect gentleman, yet he doesn’t wear a monocle or carry a cane. Can these facts be reconciled?

To Kill A Mockingbird 11 Jim Crow Part 1
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What were Jim Crow laws, and why weren't they changed? Hit play to find out, and to also count your blessings that you're growing up in the present...

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Playlist Short Stories: Shmoopversations 6 videos

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Power in Literature Short Stories: Part 1
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This video defines symbolism and analyzes the use of symbolism in stories like The Great Gatsby and To Kill a Mockingbird. What effect do symbols h...

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Power in Literature Short Stories: Part 2
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The micro setting: Enterprise. The macro setting: “Space, the Final Frontier!”

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Power in Literature Short Stories: Part 3
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This video defines theme and investigates how it’s used in literature—is it intentional? In this video, we discuss the difference between theme...

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Playlist Oedipus: Shmoopversations 6 videos

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Oedipus 1
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Oedipus 2
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Oedipus learns more about the prophecy and King Lauis' death, with a little help from his on-stage-Greek-chorus friends. It's becoming clear he may...

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Oedipus 3
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Oedipus confronts Jocasta about the prophecy and learns that it has in fact come true. What could be a more awkward family dinner conversation when...

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Playlist Blockbuster Books 9 videos

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The Perks of Being a Wallflower
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What are the perks of being a wallflower? Shmoop amongst yourselves.

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The Lord of the Rings
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One video to rule them all. One video to find them. One video to bring them all and in the darkness bind them. Or something like that. The Lord of...

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The Fault in Our Stars
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Have you ever read a book and thought, "Whoa, this sounds like my life"? If you feel that way about The Fault in Our Stars, you're in for some majo...

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Playlist Beowulf: Shmoopversations 11 videos

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All About Beowulf's Historical Context
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Who is it about? Who told it? Who wrote it? Who are we? What’s the meaning of life? Do you know the Muffin Man? All these answers and more can be...

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All About Beowulf as a Translated Piece of Literature
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Old English is just English, right? Can’t be more difficult than reading Shakespeare, right? Hah. Yeah...no. Click on the video to find why tra...

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Playlist The Hunger Games Series 6 videos

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The Hunger Games
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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...

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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...

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Catching Fire (Part 1)
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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...

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