Wow, talk about a punch to the gut! This story was almost too unrelentingly dark, with the few bright spots being expended very early on. I want to feel sympathy for the "witch" given the trauma she went through, but her extreme and unremitting response ("kill all the menz") makes me unable to even pity her. Also, the trauma in her past was extreme to the point of caricature, but I suppose that's just the nature of fairy tales.