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The King in Yellow: Analysis and Plot Summary of the Book that Inspired HBO’s True Detective
HBO has a monster hit on its hands with True Detective, a very dark Southern Noir cop show that takes place in Louisiana. The show is littered with references to the 1875 book by Robert Chambers entitled The King in Yellow. …
Official Trailer for The Hunger Games
The Hunger Games is coming to theaters and the first official trailer has been released. What do you think? Will the movie be able to live up to your expectations?
Bikini Shakespeare? Thanks, YouTube
Ah, YouTube. While it’s undoubtedly a place to be entertained, discover amazing talent, and even learn, it’s also home to pretty much the worst in lowest-common-denominator promotional content of every stripe. Several readers emailed the eNotes tipline to let us …
Shakespeare in the Original Pronunciation: Worthy Exercise?
Opening ext week at the University of Kansas, a production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” is billed as the first original pronunciation production of a Shakespeare play to ever be staged on American soil. The video above is from the …
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Watch The New Hamlet Film Online
PBS is now streaming their recent adaptation of Hamlet starring David Tennant as Hamlet, Sir Patrick Stewart as Claudius and the Ghost, Oliver Ford Davies as Polonius, Mariah Gale as Ophelia, and Edward Bennet as Laertes. The film was directed …
Why Are College Students Studying Less?
A new study, The Falling Time Cost of College: Evidence from Half a Century of Time Use Data by Philip S. Babcock and Mindy Marks has revealed the college students spend much less time studying today than they did in …
75,000 Questions and Counting in the eNotes Q & A
The internet is full of Q & A sites, each with their particular strengths and quirks. We feel that as far as students are concerned, the eNotes Q & A stands head and shoulders above the rest for many reasons– …
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New Student Aid Package: How Can You Benefit?
Reuters reports that President Obama will today sign into a law an overhaul of the nation’s student loan programs. The new rules cut banks out of the equation, which the President says will benefit students and taxpayers. From the article: …