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Monster. you know, you can come to prison and you can halfway educate yourself on how youre going to stay out, get an education in life. or you can come in here and learn how to be a better criminal. a lot of people just -- just cant deal with isolation. >> oh, man, you read my eyes like -- >> in an attempt to help inmates come to terms with their crimes, one unique program uses literature. ♪ this particular group is discussing "macbeth," shakespeares tragedy about a generals murderous rise to...

Serving time in the shu at wabash means being locked in a 7 by 12 foot cell 23 hours a day. >> these places can make a monster. you know, you can come to prison and you can halfway educate yourself on how youre going to stay out, get an education in life. or you can come in here and learn how to be a better criminal. a lot of people just -- just cant deal with isolation. >> oh, man, you read my eyes like -- >> in an attempt to help inmates come to terms with their crimes, one unique program uses...

Called "shakespeare in the shu." >> we chose "macbeth" as our main text for a lot of important reasons. the idea of looking at the choices that this character makes, someone who is in aristotles terms a tragic hero. hes a noble man, an honorable man, a good man who made bad choices. >> im in prison for murder. um, i got 60 years for murder. but im the hero now. >> i will say for whiskey, to recruit these gutter tramps. they aint trained and they are going against this valued general. what im say...

Reaction. so i can relate to "macbeth" by the choices he made, you know, taking his punishment, no matter how much he tried to go in and around it to fix it, it just got worse and worse, you know. and thats what its like with our cases. choices was mistakes and now were paying for it. >> his mind still aint fully focused on the deeds ahead and now he stumbles along making plans and thats why he makes mistakes. >> the inmates not only read and discuss shakespeare, they rewrite scenes in their own...

And the other special thing that we do is now link up the individuals in that unit who are rewriting shakespeares play and linking them with these actors in level four. >> hey there, hackett! should we fear for our lives? our instincts screams danger. why do you look on us with such anger? >> have i not reason for you to act on your own and not consult me is like treason. how dare you scheme and plot on affairs of witchery and death with the skills of mere mortals such as macbeth. >> its a nice ...

>> in an attempt to help inmates come to terms with their crimes, one unique program uses literature. this particular group is discussing "macbeth," shakespeares tragedy about a generals murderous rise to power and eventual demise. >> im from the hood, you know, im from the hood. and since i came in contact with shakespeare, i see a lot of those parallels that correlate with urban life, you know, to urban lifehood, you know, the 21st century in comparison to the 1600s, the time shakespeare wrote...

Gap. are they friends? does he feel some loyalty? does he feel some ambivalence? on the one hand, this is the prince and the father of the prince they have to get rid of. >> professor laura bates from indiana state university has been volunteering in prisons for more than 20 years. she founded a unique program called "shakespeare in the shu." >> we chose "macbeth" as our main text for a lot of important reasons. the idea of looking at the choices that this character makes, someone who is in aris...

Serving time in the shu at wabash means being locked in a 7 by 12 foot cell 23 hours a day. >> these places can make a monster. you know, you can come to prison and you can halfway educate yourself on how youre going to stay out, get an education in life. or you can come in here and learn how to be a better criminal. a lot of people just -- just cant deal with isolation. >> oh, man, you read my eyes like -- >> in an attempt to help inmates come to terms with their crimes, one unique program uses...

Aristotles terms a tragic hero. hes a noble man, an honorable man, a good man who made bad choices. >> im in prison for murder. um, i got 60 years for murder. that im in here now. >> i will say for whiskey, to recruit these gutter tramps. they aint trained and they are going against this valued general. what im saying is, thats risky, right? >> everything hes doing from the beginning to the end of this play is risky. once he decided to take that turn to go back, he got so much to lose, you know ...

Wabash means being locked in a 7 by 12 foot cell 23 hours a day. >> these places can make a monster. you know, you can come to prison and you can halfway educate yourself on how youre going to stay out, get an education in life. or you can come in here and learn how to be a better criminal. a lot of people just -- just cant deal with isolation. >> oh, man, you read my eyes like -- >> in an attempt to help inmates come to terms with their crimes, one unique program uses literature. ♪ this parti...