The overall tone of this passage is: comic. O angry O regretful. BENEATHA (giggling fiercely): Travis-we were trying to make Mama Mrs. Miniver-not Scarlett O'Hara! MAMA (indignantly): What's the matter with you all! This here is a beautiful hat! (Absurdly.) I always wanted me one just like it! She pops it on her head to prove it to her grandson, and the hat is ludicrous and considerably oversized. RUTH: Hot dog! Go, Mama! WALTER (doubled over with laughter): I'm sorry, Mama --but you look like you ready to go out and chop you some cotton sure enough! LA Raisin in the Sun, Lorraine Hansberry​