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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 tribes 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 fathers death Hamlet is a prince that learns from his fathers ghost that Cladius Hamlets uncle which now has married Hamlets mother murdered his father Hamlet upset by his mothers fast change of hart and ghosts revelation swore to take revenge by killing Cladius but at first he wasnt sure if the ghost was his dead father or an evil spirit After Hamlet saw the ghost he started to act like a mad person His stepfather willing to find out what is wrong with Hamlet he sent for two of Hamlets classmates and ordered them to get close to Hamlet and find out what he was up to Hamlet saw right through them and didnt tell them anything but with them Hamlets friends brought a small traveling theater to cheer Hamlet up Hamlet decided to make actors show a play of how his father was killed When Cladius saw the play he decided to kill Hamlet by sending him to another state with a letter saying that Hamlet must be killed But Hamlet forged the letter and came back Cladius then persuaded Laeties to duel with Hamlet with a poisoned sword Laerties is a son of Polonius whom Hamlet killed by an accident Before the duel Cladius puts poison in a drink for the winner whoever it might be During
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