After reading Laura Bohannan's article I found similarities to the Lion King. As some of you know Disney's Lion King was a remake of Shakespeare's Hamlet. Which uncannily fits in with this story, Laura is in Africa retelling the story of Hamlet to the tribesmen. What she finds out are that the shocking, taboo, and important themes of Hamlet are accepted traditions in their tribal society. She is shocked in that they can equally relate in their own special way even though her friend told her that anyone can understand Shakespeare in the way it's originally written. Her friend was wrong, Laura was lost in translation. What Laura needed to learn from this experience was to be open minded to different cultures and see that not everyone is the same. Luckily she was entertaining a kind audience who have seemed to embrace the western culture of life and giving her a lesson on tribal customs as well.
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