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| The Rake at this point still has a choice, he can marry the poor but loving Sarah or he can try to regain his old life-style. Of course, he does the latter and marries an old, lame, one-eyed hunchback with money. The dilapidated church in which the ceremony takes place shows signs of immorality (note the crack through the ten commandments) and lack of charity (the cobwebs over the poorbox on the far right). The courtship of the two dogs on the right echoes the degrading nature of that of the old woman and the Rake, who shows his lack of interest in his bride by ogling her maid. Sarah and her mother are thrown out of the church in the back of the picture. |