This to me is a very exciting plot vehicle because it allowed the characters to look back in their past actions and compelled them to see that actions done can very well affect the future, thus, providing them character dynamics and ultimately transformations. This disequilibrium forced Han Tae-sul and Gang Seo-hae to pursue the physical and internal quest of reversing the events of the past and the present to reset the future. The collision of the characters in the present and the ones from the future disrupts the fluidity of time in the story. The equilibrium at the story’s opening became unbalanced when people from the future started appearing in the narrative, especially the appearance of Gang Seo-hae. This event, along with the discovery of the suitcase, provided the drama’s trigger. The equilibrium phase of the drama presented us with Han Tae-sul as the self-absorbed and overly confident CEO of Quantum and Time but all went awry when his trip back to South Korea encountered a very unusual event that had him seen his ‘deceased’ brother rushing outside the plane he was on. The beginning is the end although the characters at the beginning of the story are not anymore similar with that at the ending.īecause of the events that each character had undergone, they are transformed. The ending of the drama also showed Han Tae-sul on a plane with Gang Seo-hae this time. It was a precursor to what’s to come in the following episodes. It is with this plane that an unusual event took place. As we have seen in Sisyphus:The Myth, the drama started with Han Tae-sul on a plane going back to South Korea. Each part of the story is connected as the plot flows. F or a detailed discussion on the different elements of the drama, however, here are my thoughts: Plot: CircularĪ circular plot is basically a narrative that ended where it started.
SISYPHUS THE MYTH KOREAN DRAMA SERIES
If you have not watch this series yet, you might want to first check out our earlier articles on Sisyphus The Myth.
I get so hyped up when flashbacks and fast forwards are used as vehicles in a story and this drama used both quite heavily. I enjoy storylines that use literary devices that force viewers to think as the story unfolds. I like narratives that are layered in their storytelling. But it is this exact thing that had me drawn to the series. I believe that it is this theme, the concept of time, that made the show complicated for some viewers drawing confusion. Albeit, this show did not receive as much traction in South Korea as manifested in its ratings which ended with an average nationwide rating of 4.363% as recorded by Nielsen Korea, I actually enjoyed the narrative and how it employed the principles of time as one of its thematic pursuits. The 16 episode drama culminated in a circular fashion, tying the plot pieces in a unified whole. Gang Seo-hae and Han Tae-sul’s quest to reset time has finally come to an end.
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