the 1600s, the time shakespeare wrote the play. macbeth mirrors a life of tragedy but also brings about understanding because when you look into something and you see yourself, and you understand yourself, you understand the world. what is the relationship between macbeth and banquil? shakespeare doesn t fill in that 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
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 you re 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 can t 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, shakespeare s tragedy about a general s murderous rise to power and eventual demise. i m from the hood, you know, i m 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
my god, what am i doing? i said whatever is done has already been done. by this time, i m totally wigged out and i pulled his brain out, you know, and took a bite out of it. joseph garner s treatment in the rtu helped him assimilate into the level four general population, but still he struggles with his crime. oh, it s it s heinous. if i had i believe in an eye for an eye and tooth for a tooth. if i had my way, i believe they should take my life. even though there were extenuating circumstances that were both mitigating and aggravating, still having crossed that line, it would, therefore, be that much easier to go back across. that s always the case. there s less inhibition to take another life now, especially even my own. i have threatened that several times. in the stressful and often predatory environment of this
public figures completely compartmentalize, running for vice president, president, he s carrying on an affair and has a child with someone who isn t his wife. lance armstrong insisting nothing is wrong when all these people are coming out saying, look, i have no bone to pick here. he s eventually forced to come out. i don t understand how those two things co-exist and you think you can get away with it. all these scandals in real life, following you on twitter i m shocked about your passion for scandal, the tv series. so is it becoming more difficult for them to craft scenarios this season for olivia pope that can match what anthony weiner or rob ford did. art imitates life. just when you think scandal couldn t get any more ridiculous in a good way, life intrudes.
and said that they not only endangered public safety, they might have the violated state or federal laws, and they may even have hurt the credibility of the port authority. all right. steve strun ski with the star ledger. this is an interesting story. we ll have you back to talk about it. thank you. art imitates life. this time hollywood takes on washington, d.c. in a huge 1970s scandal. why is this film getting rave reviews and does it accurately reflect what happened? and a so alled affluenza defense. a legal look next. , which is gr. he s using you. he probably has a citi thankyou card and gets 2x the points at restaurants huh the citi thankyou preferred card. now earn 2x the points on entertainment, with no annual fee. go to citi.com/thankyoucards