Please Help Quick ASAP Hurry Reread these lines from the poem "The Human Abstract."
What is the meaning of "Cruelty" in these lines?
And mutual fear brings peace,
Till the selfish loves increase:
Then Cruelty knits a snare,
And spreads his baits with care.

A. Cruelty is a young man learning to hunt before opening day
B. Cruelty is learning the skill of knitting from his grandmother
C. Cruelty is a conniving and knowing person who can trick us
D. Cruelty is going fishing and needs to choose his bait carefully