Spielberg has dealt with a few American tropes: UFO encounters, WW2 service men, slavery, monster sharks, road chases, cowboy archaeologists, tricksters, Abraham Lincoln, and hauntings.
And his dealings with American tropes is much more like how Shakespeare dealt with English tropes: War of the Roses, Julius Cesar, dissident woman, Scottish ghosts, Greek forest ferries, Moorish commanders, Jewish moneylenders, Henry VIII etc. etc.
And his dealings with American tropes is much more like how Shakespeare dealt with English tropes: War of the Roses, Julius Cesar, dissident woman, Scottish ghosts, Greek forest ferries, Moorish commanders, Jewish moneylenders, Henry VIII etc. etc.