Chadoula, known as the Frankissa or otherwise as Frangokianou, has become the subject of study by criminologists, lawyers, psychologists, psychiatrists, writers, and critics. Each approaching the elderly Chadoula from their own perspective sought to interpret her heinous acts, to delve into her mind, and to understand the unimaginable atrocity of infanticide. However, what makes "The Homicide" a premier text in the entirety of modern Greek prose is not the fact that it has passionately occupied and continues to occupy experts, but that since its first publication in 1903, it continues to captivate every reader who picks up this unparalleled psychological tale, over the course of at least an entire century.
Today, more relevant than ever, Papadiamantis' work expresses every thoughtful person searching for justice in a society that may still consider women to be an inferior species. Is there, perhaps, forgiveness for the unusual evil that Frangokianou commits? Does she indeed simply "elevate her mind," loses her rationality, as the creator mentions in an attempt to justify her, or is Papadiamantis' heroine the victim of a society that hates women?
