SHAKESPEARE'S IN THE BUSH 

     

1) Select a quotation which (in your) view sums up the key point/s of the text. Copy it accurately and give the page reference. Explain, briefly, why this quote is so important for an understanding of the article/extract.

“But it is clear that the elders of your country have never told you what the story really means. No, don’t interrupt! We believe you when you say your marriage customs are different, or your clothes and weapons. But people are the same everywhere; therefore, there are always witches and it is we, the elders, who know how witches work.”       
                                            (Page 11)

-I find this quote very interesting and important .The line which has been spoken by the old man telling the author that all the people are same everywhere .He wants to tell her what the story actually meant . The old man wants to prove that  he knows the actual meaning of the story hamlet and that the author should learn something form him. He is also trying to say that he is wise and elders know everything .

2) Summarize the basic argument of the article? (What is the author’s point of writing this? What is their message?)

-The author wrote this article  in a very interesting way .She is trying to explain us many things in different ways .After reading this article I think she is basically trying to explain us about  culture and the people living in it . That Our mind shapes way we are brought up . She is mostly focusing in what we think and  how we  see the world  and our behavior  are  culturally inherited . The elders in the story had a different belief and dint agree in some parts of  the story told by the author and  they added their own cultural beliefs in the story is an example what the author was trying explain to us that everyone one is the same but its just that our thoughts are different.

3) Is there anything from your own experiences which can help you relate to this? Anytime something similar to this has happened to you?

-No nothing as such which I can directly relate to me has happened yet ,but i have seen a person  trying to explain things to the other person and the other person just  found it very funny and strange .