Located to the right is an elderly woman with white hair, dressed in dark robes, her hands cuffed by shackles, and her face takes on an expression of sadness, despair and awareness of their situation.

On the left side there is a young girl, half-naked, shown at the time of breaking the shackles.

The image can be interpreted as a question of choosing the right way and the future fate of the homeland, entering a new century.

Aleksander Wielopolski is an example of the person making the difficult decision, and carrying the consequences of that choice, resulting from the need to accept or reject the attitude towards life of his grandfather.

The figure of a man is pensive, lost in melancholy, and his indecision is highlighted even more by the flower in his hand and a belt on the body.