Hamlet seen by African aboriginals

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Laura Bohannan tries to explain Hamlet, a 17th century European revenge drama, to a group of Tiv tribal elders who have never seen, read, or heard of this Shakespearean work. The Tiv are a tribe of people who live on the banks of the river Benue in central Negeria. Laura Bohannan is on the field trip to that area to study the tribe's culture. One tradition is to tell stories of the past, and when Laura Bohannan was asked to tell a story she chose Hamlet.

Hamlet is a play written by Shakespeare, it is a drama about a son seeking revenge for his father's death. Hamlet is a prince that learns, from his father's ghost, that Cladius, Hamlet's uncle, which now has married Hamlet's mother, murdered his father. Hamlet,

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Approximate Word count = 488
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: English

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