Summary Of The Article 'Shakespeare In The Bush'

In the article titled Shakespeare in the Bush, written by James Spradley and David W. McCurdy, Laura Bohannan is asked by the Tiv elders in West Africa to tell a story, after hesitating to tell a story she finally decides to tell them the story of Hamlet, which is a famous Shakespeare play that was written in a different era, which for most people find it hard to understand because of the language that is used. Throughout her story telling Bohannan gets interrupted many times by the Tiv interpret. Bohannan states, “I had to use the English word, for unlike many of the neighboring tribes, these people didn’t believe in the survival after death of any individual part of the personality” (Mc Curdy & Spadlley, 2012). In other, words Bohannan ignored the differences that the Tiv people had and that just because they were from a village close by that didn’t mean that they shared the same culture. Bohannan also describes the way the
In other words, it is through communication that people can learn about different cultures, without communication people become ignorant of their surroundings and find it hard to understand on another. Furthermore, by a person learning about another culture gives them the knowledge that they need to teach others and a better understanding of diversity. Not only do people gain knowledge from learning about a culture but also learn to appreciate and understand the different cultures that surrounds us. But most importantly, that each person learns their culture through past generations. For instance, in the story of Hamlet others can see what is expected from him, not because he wants it like that but because from generation to generation it has been a certain