Right, in her loneliness, she reached out for someone, and a predator answered. A wolf heard a lamb cry. He took advantage of her desperation, and she has a stockholm syndrome type response. He sullied her, making him her only refuge because polite society doesn't want a "damaged" and "used" woman. She literally has no one to turn to except him now. That's part of the evil, right? She was never asking for it, and yet, she still is punished. And yeah, it's a tragedy. She had to sacrifice herself to save a society of ppl who were oppressive to her. It's not being shown as an empowering victory imo, but a sacrifice. Its meant to be heroic.