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^res t+
he co;,?nfluenc -+,e of r\)-eligion and pa$!\`triarc@(hy i%%n an@@` excessively pur) !itanical] :@,Dutch vil =:lage. Bla* med by( her co `]mmunit+y for being ![^#childless, Fr/ie;*(da immer+s)(es/ her sel@
f in pr[!ayer and#* ri:)*tual. When @ she returns [ uns.=ca![,t:@^hed f[rom the forbidd-$e\/
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_t #/surrounding the+,*` +;village, havin!g evaded a lechero^u_`%[s but-#cher, she is^%: condemned as an ^$)a(`g@)
%ent of the d`[e?vil. Frie(da, @@[*however, finds ne`_:w faith in the d+-)+a@r`,] .k powers -)that;!/ inhabit the woods.　　[Sho $t *#in a reduc+ ed colour palet?:+te
[a%:[t the edge of visib(il*=.,ity-=, _Konings’ gripping f(il/ `m con
`struct.*s a convincing pre-modern soc)=i [ety whose pract[!#,ices it *@[elucidat^ ;,es with__ pa
tien=__^[ce and :@ attention. Al;%though se+_t in]# t#h* e Mid*^
dle Ages, W$itte ,?
=Wieven disp,$lays an %:#unmis [takably c:
*on$;_temporary = spirit, crafting a feminist  parable about  women discovering($ new\ w
ays of understanding the:@ir ;lives and  \ th%e wo ?#rld.