By Laura Bohannan. Pgs. 29-35.
Bohannan thinks that she can prove that Hamlet is a universal story that anyone can understand. The evidence of this was when Bohannan was explaining the story to the tribe when one of them asked, "Why was he no longer chief?" She replied, "He was dead." Then one of the elders interrupted, "Impossible, of course it wasn't the dead chief it was an omen set by a witch. Go on." pg 30.
This proves the author to be wrong because their culture doesn't believe in ghosts and other aspects of the story making it impossible for Bohannan to convey the story to them.
The tribal leaders think that they are teaching Bohannan wisdom by changing her story to fit their customs and beliefs. This makes me think of Joe Dirt when Joe meets Little Wing who sells snakes and sparklers. Joe tells Little Wing that he is selling all the wrong stuff and that he needs things that blow up. Little Wing doesn't understand this because all he has ever liked are snakes and sparklers.
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