K Scream-Sook's Breakdown

Kyung-sook feels guilty for both Seuk-ho and her new family because she gets married twice and her roles between two families cannot be harmonious. Discord between her different roles in two families results from traditional Korean marriage culture during the 19th century. According to Professor Han in Sookmyung Women’s University in South Korea, “In July 1477 (8th year of King Sŏngjong), the king summoned 46 of the nation’s most respected loyal subjects to take part in a discussion on the need to prohibit women from remarrying once their spouses had passed away” (121). Even though that regulation toward women does not exist anymore, there is still some negative perceptions on women’s remarriage because of a long history. In Seok-ho’s point of view, Kyung-sook cannot be blameless because she starts a new life by getting remarried to a strange man. Moreover, Kyung-sook cannot be blameless in front of her new husband because she has already been married once before and has a son between her and her first husband. In other words, Kyung-sook is such an innocent sinner to both Seuk-ho and her new husband.