I think the use of black and white is brilliant there because it means you focus on the two faces. The stern teacher who is single-mided in her task of punishing naughty behaviour in the errant schoolgirl. The schoolgirl trying to fight back tears and control herself through a very painful ordeal which, however much it may be justified, is pushing the girl's limits. We don't know what error the girl has made and we don't know too much about the punishment. We know that the girl's skirt is turned up - maybe she's been allowed to keep her panties on but maybe not. Maybe she's feeling the leather strap blazing across her bottom cheeks or perhaps in this case her offence is such that the schoolmistress has decided that only the traditional cane will suffice. We do know that the girl is finding the experience extremely painful and awful, and that it may go on for some time as there is no sign of her chastiser feeling obliged to show her any mercy.
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