During her stay with the Tiv in Africa, Bohannan gets a chance to relay the story of Hamlet to the tribe. She began the tale with the appearance of Hamlet 's fathers ghost. Right away the elder questioned this. The concept of someone having a ghost or living after they die was very foreign to them. They were convinced that the author had gotten the story wrong because the only explanation for a spirit could be that it was an omen sent by a witch. Horatio was also viewed as a fool for not bringing such an important matter before a person with proper knowledge of such omens. The Tiv 's perspective was that hamlet this matter should have never been brought to Hamlet 's attention. It is obvious that their customs and traditions were already biasing their interpretation of the story. If Hamlet were not informed of this "omen" he would have never sought revenge for the death of his father, thus changing the plot dramatically.
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