The document summarizes the characters and plot of the Korean folktale "Chunhyangjeon". It describes Yi Mong-Yong as a handsome and talented young man who passes government exams. He secretly marries Chunhyang, the beautiful daughter of a village. When Mong-Yong leaves, the new corrupt magistrate demands Chunhyang marry him. She refuses due to her commitment to Mong-Yong. Enraged, the magistrate sentences her to death. Mong-Yong returns in disguise and reveals himself, banishing the magistrate and rescuing Chunhyang. They marry in Seoul with his parents' acceptance.

1. Christine D. David
English 8

2. Characters
Yi Mong-Yong
Noble man
Tender hearted
Had much literary
talent
Handsome young man

3. Characters
Passed the government
examinations with the
highest distinctions
Chose to be a
amhaengosa instead of
being a magistrate or a
governor

4. Characters
 Ch’unhyang
 Most beautiful girl of a Korean village
 Pure hearted artists from a humble family
 Faithful wife
 Doomed to death by the new Namwon
magistrate

5. Characters
Pangja
Servant
Confidant

6. Characters
Namwon’s new
magistrate
Asks for
Ch’unhyang’s
heart for
marriage
Corrupt

7. Conflict
External

8. Fidelity is the key to a
lasting relationship.

9. Exposition
Once there lived in the
province of Cholla, in the
town of Namwon, a
magistrate's son named Yi
Mong-Yong. And a lovely
maiden named Ch’unhyang.

10. Rising Action
Not long after the secret
marriage, the servant
brought Yi Mong-Yong a
message saying that his
father, newly appointed to
the King's cabinet, was
being recalled to the capitol.

11. Rising Action
 Yi Mong-Yong, who was to accompany his
father, went that evening to Ch'unhyang and
told her the bad news.The young couple was
forced to say a tearful goodbye at the Magpie
Bridge.

12. Climax
The new Namwon magistrate
arrived and summoned Ch’unhyang
to be his wife. Ch’unhyang refused
because she is committed to Yi
Mong-Yong. Her defiance enraged
the magistrate and he ordered her
taken to prison and sentenced to
death.

13. Falling Action
Yi Mong-Yong arrived in Namwon and
learned of the situation. He dressed
himself as a beggar to enter the palace
during a feast given by the new
Namwon magistrate. He revealed
himself as an amhaengosa and
banished the evil magistrate to a
faraway land. He also saved
Ch’unhyang from miserable death.

14. Denouement
Yi Mong- Yong took his bride to
Seoul and presented her to his
parents. They accepted her as a
daughter-in-law. In time,
Ch'unhyang bore three sons and
two daughters, and they all lived
happily for many years come.