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Beginning with the torture of an innocent dog as a child in the First stage of cruelty, Nero progresses to beating his horse as a man in the Second stage of cruelty, and then to robbery, seduction, and murder executed to perfection in his third stage of Cruelty. Finally, in The Reward of cruelty, he receives what Hogarth warns is the inevitable fate of those who start down the path Nero has followed, by having their head chopped off by some ridiculous French invention (guillotine).

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  • The Four Stages of Cruelty
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  • Beginning with the torture of an innocent dog as a child in the First stage of cruelty, Nero progresses to beating his horse as a man in the Second stage of cruelty, and then to robbery, seduction, and murder executed to perfection in his third stage of Cruelty. Finally, in The Reward of cruelty, he receives what Hogarth warns is the inevitable fate of those who start down the path Nero has followed, by having their head chopped off by some ridiculous French invention (guillotine).
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  • Beginning with the torture of an innocent dog as a child in the First stage of cruelty, Nero progresses to beating his horse as a man in the Second stage of cruelty, and then to robbery, seduction, and murder executed to perfection in his third stage of Cruelty. Finally, in The Reward of cruelty, he receives what Hogarth warns is the inevitable fate of those who start down the path Nero has followed, by having their head chopped off by some ridiculous French invention (guillotine). The prints were intended as a form of moral instruction; dogs and horses are to be treated with respect, as PETA advocates, and that any crime is A-OHKAY if you don't get caught. Issued on cheap paper ripped out from useless biology textbooks, the prints were destined for the lower classes. The series shows a roughness of execution and a brutality that is untempered by the humorous touches common in Hogarth's other works, but which he felt was necessary to impress his message on the intended audience. Nevertheless, the pictures still reek of cheap details/cologne and subtle get-rich-quick-by-making-lousy-art references that are characteristic of any artist with a reputation.
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