Elders from the bush just don't understand

Bohannan tested the assumption that the story of Hamlet is universally intelligible due to the idea that, despite theory of naïve realism, “ the general plot and motivation of the greater tragedies would always be clear-everywhere...” Her assumptions were not verified, I believe, because she was unable to translate the whole story. Skipping over parts because she didn’t know how to translate them linguistically and/or because she was holding back based on her knowledge and understanding of their culture. This lead to the inability of the Tiv elders to grasp the western culture point of view, as well as, the understanding and meaning behind the actions in the story. The Tiv elders were also expressing ethnocentrism, relating only to their own culture, which only added to the struggle and ultimately hindering Bohannan from proving her assumptions.