Masquerade Review Visual & Performing Arts Movie Review

An Analysis of the Film in Terms of Minjoong, Minjok, and Haan Student’s Name
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Masquerade Review
An Analysis of the Film in Terms of Minjoong, Minjok, and Haan
* Minjoong refers to the appreciation of different aspects of life such as drama, literature, art, and music. In the Masquerade film, Minjoong is represented in the instance when King Gwanghae is afraid of being killed by the greedy and corrupt officials. He therefore requests his chief secretary to find Ha-Sun, who resembles him and copies his actions and voice such as being a great entertainer and an acrobat. Ha-Sun has challenging roles such as fooling the officials, and the queen. As a result, he has fears because he does not know what he will do once discovered.
* Minjok refers to a group of individuals who share a common history, and whose work enhance the development of a modern nation, The masquerade movie, portrays Minjok in that King Gwang-hae attempts to preserve Korean dynasty in various ways. For instance, he happens to be the only king who criticizes the Ming dynasty of China. Besides, King Ha-Sun tries to fight the injustices committed by the court, and the absurd nature of politics, which causes him to be the people’s champion. As a result, people look upon Ha-Sun favorably because of helping them to ease the burden of taxation.
* Haan refers to resentment and grief emotions. Haan is related to Korean identity that characterizes Korean culture as sorrowful. The concept of Haan is identified in the Masquaerade movie when at first, the king attempts to tip his food on a terrified servant’s head, while those around shudder in fear. The film displays numerous and difficult scenes. For instance, as the movie unfolds, we see, Ha-Sun being presented to the king. Ha-Sun fears for his life, and requests Gyun, the king’s companion to spear him.
The Type of Haan Portrayed in the Film
Haan has been identified as the fundamental theme in Korean films. There are different structures of haan. First, active haan takes the form of vengefulness and rage. Until the active haan is resolved, it tries to retaliate against those who cause bitterness and pain to the individual character. Active haan is usually restless, recognizable, and visible inner rage. Besides, passive haan mainly occurs when an offender is too formidable or vulnerable to retaliate. Passive haan results in resignation, self-withdrawal, low self-esteem, and self-denigration. Passive haan is...