A third goblin with sharp pointed teeth in priest's garb gesticulates with an enormous claw-like hand. These images are darker, more passionate and even more unsettling than the Los Caprichos series. Arranged marriage is one of the themes considered in Los Disparates . Goya had previously examined this question in Los Caprichos . They are attempting to disentangle themselves but are tightly bound and appear to be organically fused to the tree.
Freedom appears impossible.
A giant owl with outstretched wings has one talon on the woman's head, another on a branch. This symbol of the church dominates the image and the trapped couple. In Disorderly folly , one of the Los Disparates prints, another entangled couple is moulded together, fused to form a two-headed creature. Their heads scream out in pain and despair. Their feet are deformed with innumerable toes.