[Borges]

As Macbeth makes one sypathise with a murderer and Lolita with a pedophile etc. I understand your point but if there isn't some redeeming feature about a character, no matter how fallen, then you have a straw man incapable of generating drama.

[mudblood]

"I understand your point but if there isn't some redeeming feature about a character, no matter how fallen, then you have a straw man incapable of generating drama."

I agree. I thoroughly dissapprove of The Woodsman, but I agree with your point. And in reality, nobody in life has sunk so low that they can't come forward later and redeem themselves - though it takes a lot to redeem some things.