Mother

Experience. In This American Life, there is one question that produces the "freshness" as the Daily Herald described the essence of the play. The question is: what are you in for? That simple five worded questions packs in the trigger mechanism for the revival of all sentiments and experience from all the inmates in the High- Security Prison.
All the feelings that spark by the simple question brings back and touches the feelings of even the most "evil" of criminals. These feelings are what make Hamlet a custom-fit to the inmates. All the inmates can dwell on the actions that put them in prison, many with regret. Therefore the "reading" of Hamlet causes a much different connotation compared to your typical "free" American. The inmates can connect to Hamlet´s perplex state of mind, in fact, not even seven minutes into the podcast and an inmate, after disclosing his crimes said at that very moment of his life "...I was confused...¨ All the inmates had also in one stage of their lives endured such bewilderment and the sole cause of such bewilderment was: "To be or not to be...To rob or not to rob...To kill or not to kill...¨ All these questions have been the cause of their misfortunes, individuals who weren't able to cope with their perplexity, unfortunately they decided "To be" or it may not be so unfortunate for Hamlet fanatics.
One can think of the inmates as the new "voices" in Hamlet´s head, not so much as in a paternal aspect but as a life-coach. Knowing the causes and effects when in complex mental situations the inmates by how they read the lines can try and put Hamelt on a path they deem to be the most viable option. Their own experience can help Hamlet´s figure question Shakespeare´s lines more appropriately.

As Pink Floyd once begged his mother for guidance in a world of nuclear siege. Hamlet can now turn to the five voices of experience to choose how he expresses himself in times of trouble.