This video discusses the two roles of the ancient Greek chorus in theater, providing perspective and entertainment. The workshop process of creating a modern chorus for a production of Antigone is also explored, including how the...

How did Europeans slowly arrive early on in West Africa? How politically diverse was West Africa? West Africa Before the Europeans, Part 4

The third video in our series on poetic devices, in this video will look at how poets use similes and metaphors to create comparisons between two images.

Can an unreliable narrator help readers see the world through multiple lenses?

In This Episode, Tyler Teaches Us About "I Have No Special Talent" - quote by Albert Einstein

Macbeth tells the story of a good man gone bad, driven to murder by ugly ambition and fueled by a power-hungry wife. Macbeth goes to visit the witches and ghosts tell him to be wary of Macduff and also that Macbeth himself is invincible....

Romeo and Juliet is based on the long-standing hatred between two families, it is a tale of star-crossed lovers that is perhaps the greatest tragic love story in English literature. The party takes place, and Romeo and Juliet meet for...

C.S. Lewis part 1 of 11: This video explores the inspiration behind CS Lewis's beloved children's series, The Chronicles of Narnia. Through interviews with Lewis's stepson and visits to locations in Northern Ireland, viewers will gain...

Join us for an overview of Ray Bradbury’s world. We’ll show you how key issues and events in the real world shaped his ideas in Fahrenheit 451. Find out how the novel critiques key moments in history, including McCarthyism, 1950s...

Romeo and Juliet is based on the long-standing hatred between two families, it is a tale of star-crossed lovers that is perhaps the greatest tragic love story in English literature. The scene is set. This video is part 2 of the series...

This video features various teachers discussing their favorite lines from a play and how they relate to the themes of language, culture, and companionship. The lines highlight the importance of preserving language and culture, the...

This video is a discussion on the importance of scenes in storytelling and how to make them effective by focusing on behavior, desire, and subtext. The speaker shares tips on how to evaluate and improve scenes, and warns against being...

Doctor. Madman. Scientist. God. Mary Shelley's Victor Frankenstein has been described as playing many roles. Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller tell us about inhabiting the character in the National Theatre's stage adaptation.

James and the Giant Peach is a classic fantasy and adventure story that explores friendship, family relationships, and the fortunes of a young orphan. James is living with his cruel aunts when a peach magically sprouts in the yard. When...

This video features teacher Elizabeth Watts Bromery discussing how she used Langston Hughes' poem "Mother to Son" to teach her American literature students about resilience during the challenging times of the spring semester of 2021....

In This Episode, Tyler Teaches Us About How Schools can get Community Involvement

Macbeth tells the story of a good man gone bad, driven to murder by ugly ambition and fueled by a power-hungry wife. Macbeth goes to murder King Duncan. Lady Macbeth helps her husband bury the murder weapons. This video is part 3 of the...

Latina author María Ruiz de Burton raised the plight of Mexicans in America with two satirical and revealing books at a time when female authors were few and far between.

The Schoolteacher Who Discovered 700 Ciliates

Ozymandias is a narrative sonnet about a traveler who found a broken statue of Ozymandias in the dessert. While initially quite confusing, the the poem shows Percy Shelley at his best: bringing low the ambitious dictators of the world.

This is just one example of how you can use visual art to examine literary Romanticism. Main elements of Romanticism: Love of Nature Focus on Emotion Fascination with the Sublime Individualistic Byronic Heroes Interest in the...

This video discusses the iconic balcony scene in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, exploring the themes of love and the challenges of portraying the characters on stage and screen. The actors and director share their insights into the...

Emily C. Nusbaum, Ph.D., is a postdoctoral research associate at the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence. She is currently working on the Center’s Self-Regulation in Creativity project, funded by the Imagination Institute of the...

This video is a lecture on Brian Friel's play "Translations" and its themes of language, culture, and identity in post-colonial Ireland. The speaker discusses how the play explores the impact of language on understanding and...