Assertion: laughter | /r/HasProperty | brutal
Facets:
value: often
type: DEGREE
value: in them
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: And when you come to read some of the writers of Shakespeare's age and see that in them the laughter is often brutal, the horror of tragedy often coarse and crude, you will wonder more than ever how Shakespeare made his laughter so sweet and sunny, and how, instead of revolting us, he touches our hearts with his horror and pain.