Both Goya's The Third of May and Théodore Géricault's Raft of the Medusa could be said to express the theme of __________.

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Both paintings depict moments of extreme human suffering and inhumanity. The Third of May shows the execution of Spanish civilians by French soldiers, while Raft of the Medusa shows the survivors of a shipwreck left to float for days on a makeshift raft, resorting to cannibalism and murder. Both paintings illustrate the darker side of human nature and the atrocities that can be committed in times of conflict or crisis.

Both Goya's the Third of May and Théodore Géricault's Raft