Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes Laughter as sign of madness

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As I Lay Dying, 237 (Event)
Environment: Public›Street
Actions: Bodily›Laughing | Emotional›Betrayal | Emotional›Regret | Emotional›Self-doubt | Mental›Discovery | Verbal›Cursing | Verbal›Self-justifying | Violent›Fighting
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Mental illness | Violence›Ambush
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Capture as loss | Recurring Tropes›Laughter as sign of madness | Recurring Tropes›Sending someone to Jackson
Relationships: Familial›Brother-brother | Familial›Brother-sister
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›Delayed revelation
As I Lay Dying, 254 (Event)
Environment: Public›Town Square
Actions: Bodily›Eating
Cultural Issues: Identity, Personal›Alter ego / other self
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Psychological›Madness | Recurring Tropes›Laughter as sign of madness
Aesthetics: Language›yes Yes Yes yes
Flags in the Dust, 222 (Event)
Actions: Bodily›Laughing | Emotional›Love | Verbal›Questioning
Cultural Issues: Gender›Separate spaces | Health and Illness›Anaesthetic
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Objects›Car | Recurring Tropes›Laughter as sign of madness
Aesthetics: Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Figures of Speech›Simile-mask
Go Down, Moses, 299 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Sexuality›Desire
Themes and Motifs: Recurring Tropes›Laughter as sign of madness
Relationships: Familial›Husband-wife
Go Down, Moses, 354 (Event)
Actions: Violent›Hitting
Cultural Issues: Crime›And race | Health and Illness›Injury | Law›Arrest
Themes and Motifs: Objects›Pistol | Recurring Tropes›Laughter as sign of madness