Goya did not depict the Spanish as heroes; rather, he showed them as hard working people who are standing up against Napoléon, a greater power. Although the time this painting was made was during the romanticism era, Goya did not make this a Romanticism painting. In this painting, Goya does not focus on detail, but there is one detail that is very important to this painting which is the man in the middle. This man is the center of attention. He is wearing white, and the light shines on him; he also has his hands opened up. It is believed that Goya made the man in the middle to be Jesus; this is because the light shines on him and because there is a stigmata on his hand, which Jesus also had after he was crucified. Another reason why the man in the middle is significant is because the people around him are holding his legs and are behind him as a source of protection. Jesus was a man who people looked up to and asked for help which is the same feeling the Spanish had for the man wearing white. On the hill behind the Spanish resistance forces there are two faces who are supposed to be shadows. As you can clearly see they do not look like shadows and are just faces of the Spanish on the hill. ("The Third of May")
Standing up, as an underdog. This picture relates to my theme for many reasons. The Spanish forces who were not even half of Napoleon’s army stood up against the clearly bigger opponent. They did this because they knew it was right and that they were going to be ruled by people from Spain not a foreign country. The Spanish stood up for their land and failed, but they gave it their best and that’s all that matters.
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