All the world’s a stage
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances,
And one man in his time plays many parts.”
—William Shakespeare(As You Like It)
有趣的是,狱囚也能从学习莎士比亚的经典中获益。《莎士比亚拯救了我:与诗人共度十年孤独时光》(Shakespeare Saved My Life: Ten Years in Solitary with the Bard)一书的作者琳达‧贝茨(Linda Bates)教授在接受NPR采访时说,她发现教授囚犯学习莎士比亚文学,可以帮助他们检视自己的行为。