Ethnocentric shakesphere

I was really interested in this article and it made me take a new view on things. Like Laura Bohannan if you were to ask me whether or not shakesphere was universal I would of probably said yes. "Before the end of the second month grace had descended upon me. I was quite sure that Hamlet had only one possible interpretation, and that one universally obvious." (215) Like many thesis's it was put to the test as Bohannan sat down one day and began to tell the stroy of Hamlet to a tribe in Africa. Throughout the article we see two ehtnocentric attitudes butting heads the whole stroy trying to prove Hamlet right in their point of view. "But a chief must have many wives! How else can he brew beer and make food for all his guests?"... " I said firmly that in our country even cheifs had one wife, that they had servants to do their work..." (219) We also see the very frustrating answer to Bohanna was "That is the way it is done, so that is how we do it." (219) Ethnocentric according to the dictionary means; a tendency to view alien groups or cultures from the perspective of one's own.(dictionary.com) Basically your culture is the center of everything. When I think of a this term it reminds me of the movie my "Big Fat Greek Wedding" where the father is very much in love with his Greek culture, " Give me a word, and I will show you how it comes from greek roots..."
I feel that a significant majority of Americans including Bohannan and myself view the world this way. The high and mighty way that our way is best and the way we see it is the right way. (Maybe this is why the French hate us so much) In some ways our way might be the best way. For example our government I beleive is one of the best ways to run a country, but it is definitely not the only way. But in other circumstances our way may not be the best way. For example if you compare our marriage tradition vs arranged marriages based on the success and divorce rates arranged marriages would be more "successful." No matter what the situation or story or whatever its we should look at it with different viewpoints rather than just our own. Of course its easier said than done, but it starts with realizing that you and your culture are not the center of the universe and that are other views that are just as great if not greater than ours.