The Rooster's Laughter, Ernst

             In the first panel a man dances possibly to summon something while a rooster sits and watches. He is doing possibly a spiritual dance or act while he laughs. he may represent blackness or darkness. A man who laughs at death. In the second panel a new subject, a woman, is lying on the bed almost like a snow white type of tragic end while a feathered spirit hovers over her. I think this could be suggesting that there is some other world happening where the woman's spirit is ascending from her body while onlookers witness the seemingly miraculous event. In the next panel the story continues as the feathered man discusses things with the other witness as they look upon the deceased body of the female that has now only left behind her body. There seems to be some references to roosters and that may mean that the witnesses are the actual murderers as the female lie on the floor body now rolled over onto her stomach. In the next panel a man seems as if he is being lifted up while a woman watches in surprise. The rooster man is their peeking around a door possibly resembling death and waits for the moment when he can witness the supernatural ascent of the spirit as it leaves the lifeless body of the roosters victim. In all these images you can see that the rooster is either laughing at the death of someone or being int he act of someone going to sleep. This interesting due to the fact that roosters are often seen waking people up. It seems as if the roosters are aiming for control due to their posters and how they are constantly seen hoovering over vulnerable and naked woman who seem to be in the control of these rooster spirit people.