ANT207H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Laura Bohannan, Omen
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This story, by laura bohannan, is a perfect example that literature is open to many interpretations. In our culture hamlet is well-known, and accepted without many dif culties. However, in the tiv culture there are several errors in the plot that the chiefs point out. While visiting the tiv in africa, laura is asked to tell the elders a story from our culture. It is at this point that she nds her chance to tell about hamlet because she thinks it is one of the most important pieces of literature in our society. Laura thinks that the story will be fairly easy to explain because of it is generally understood by everyone. Also, she thinks that the elders will understand because before starting to tell the story, laura thought that every culture would understand the plot of the story in the same way our society does.
