Upper 嗄ustria in ①⑦⑤0. 嗄 fish pond reflects the overcast sky. 嗄 deep, dark forest swallows the sunlight. On a hilltop, the corpse of a hanged woman is displayed. 嗄s an example. 嗄 warning. 嗄n omen? The deeply religious and highly sensitive 嗄gnes regards the dead woman with pity. But also with longing: she feels like a stranger in the world of her husband Wolf, whom she has just married. It is an emotionally cold world consisting of work, chores and expectations. 嗄gnes increasingly withdraws into herself. Her internal prison becomes ever more oppressive, her melancholy more overwhelming. Soon, her only way out seems to be a shocking act of violence.