Dong Yi...

Well... I’m quite addicted to K-drama and one of the latest I watched was Dong Yi. I watched it straight after Dea Jang Guem so I was quite familiar with the Korean historical setting. The story is about this young girl who is from a low caste who works as a servant in the music bureau of King Sukjong’s palace. Her father and brother were killed when they were accused of being a terrorist group. She was so left to be looked after by brother’s best friend who is Cha Chen So. This guy is cute and he falls in love with Dong Yi later on in the story. This story is totally different to Jang Ok Jong where Dong Yi is shown as a Tyrant who is totally against SukBin (Jang Ok Jung’s court name). Dong Yi is shown as a loving, kind and sweet girl who falls in love with King Sukjong and later is named as his second wife and her son later becomes the King of Korea (Prince Yeoning). This story is about a girl in her twenties who stood up against all odds to look after her lowly treated people and stand for the people she loved (especially her son and King Sukjong).  She is later given the honorific name SukBin which makes Jang Ok Jung jealous. I think this story shows the power of love and the way women could stand up against all odds to do what they thinks is right. I believe this story shows the true power of a woman who lives in a male dominant world and what is really touching is that it is a true story.:)