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Explain why the artist has portrayed the nobleman as the spider and the peasant as the fly |
| Answer» The spider feeds on the fly, whereas the fly does hard labour for finding its food. Similarly, in 18th century in France, the nobles lived on the labour of the peasants. The social reality of the time then was that peasants had to pay feudal dues as well as render services to the nobles. | |