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 …showed first 75 words of 469 total…

…showed last 75 words of 469 total…to kill Cladius and not go through the court. And why Hamlet was acting like a mad person. Hamlet acts as a mad person, so he can do stuff that would arise suspicions if he was a sane person. He confesses that to his friend Horatio. Many people believe that Hamlet actually became mad after talking to the ghost, but he didn't. Through the play we can see logical thinking in his soliloquies and actions.