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The Color Purple
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In The Color Purple, Celie is abused by her father and husband. She leaves her father by marrying Mr. ________, and then leaves Mr. ______, too. Bu...

Dracula
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What is Dracula really about? Just Count Dracula? Or is there more to it than vampires? This video addresses some major ideas in Bram Stoker’s cl...

Emma
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Meet Emma Woodhouse of Jane Austen's Emma. She’s a rich young woman with a good social life living in 18th-century England. We bet she has an aw...

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...

Cathedral (Raymond Carver)
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Can you imagine what it would be like to be without the gift of sight? In "Cathedral," the narrator helps a blind man envision a cathedral by guidi...

Gatsby's New York
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The Great Gatsby is set in and around New York City and Long Island. On the big L.I., there are two areas known as "West Egg" and "East Egg." East...

Othello
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Why did Iago want to destroy Othello? Shmoop amongst yourselves.

Othello Summary
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A word to the wise: secret marriages don't work out well in Shakespeare plays. Just ask Othello and Desdemona.

Pride and Prejudice
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Elizabeth thinks Darcy's a callous jerk; he thinks she’s a gold-digger. You know these two are just MFEO.

Pride and Prejudice Summary
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Thought that English society was all about hosting balls and finding husbands back in the day? Well, you thought… right. But that doesn't make th...

Romeo and Juliet
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But soft! What Shmoop through yonder window breaks?

Romeo and Juliet Summary
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Boy and girl meet, fall in love, and commit suicide in a tomb. You know, your average love story.

The Great Gatsby
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Why was Jay Gatsby so great? Was it his ability to get away with bootlegging, his enduring love for Daisy, or his ability to throw epic parties tha...

The Merchant of Venice
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Take a stroll with us through the shady back alleys of Venice. If you were looking for a relaxing ride through the gondola canals...well, wrong tra...

Our Town
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Our Town is your town, Shmoopers.

The Great Gatsby Summary
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This video summarizes F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby. Jay Gatsby goes from a rich party guy in love with a married woman to dead. W...

The Awakening
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Dig up your trench coat, grab your magnifying glass, and stick on that fake mustache (we know you have one): it's time to unleash your inner Sherlo...

The Color Purple
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If you're looking for this one at the library, we suggest looking between The Color Red and The Color Blue.

The Importance of Being Earnest
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Oscar Wilde was a beast when it came to wordplay. Oh, maybe that's why Shmoop loves him so much—we're pretty wilde, too.

The Awakening Summary
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This novel is all about finding yourself, which hopefully you can accomplish before you find yourself smack dab in the middle of an ocean without a...

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