It was a bizarre event in the game, but you have to remember that Twilight Princess is based on a dark storyline. With the involvement of fused shadows and everything, you have to remember that the fused shadows did dark things in Hyrule's past and it shows how it affected people, hence Ilia stabbing Link with the knife.

Yeah it is pretty dark. I liked Ocarina of Time's one better! :

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