The school within Whispering Corridors acts as a microcosm. A microcosm being a "small world" or a place where it metaphorically acts like a bigger place or representing something. In this case, the school is a microcosm of South Korea with the characters acting as metaphors. Both Mrs Park and 'Mad Dog' represent South Korea under military rule. Whereas Eun-Young represents the New Democratic South Korea.
The final shot is crucial in delivering the films message. It shows Jung-Sook breaking the fourth wall as she is the new ghost of the school, replacing Jin-Ju's ghost. This tells the audience that although things have changed, the past will always come back to haunt the school. And in terms of the school being a microcosm, it really means that although military rule has been taken over by democracy, the past will always lurk. This given the final message; how much has South Korea really changed?
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![]() Character List Mrs Park (Yong-Nyeo Lee) Mr Oh "Mad Dog" (Roe-Ha Kim) Eun-Young (Mi-Yeon Lee) Jung-Soon (Ji-Hye Yun) Ji-Oh/Jin-Ju (Gyu-Ri Kim) Jae-Yi (Kang-Hee Choi) The film bases itself within a female boarding school in which teachers practice strict discipline and is home to the ghost of Jin-Ji, a student who committed suicide years previous. She then continues to haunt the school every four years, in disguise of a new student and commits brutal murders of the older generation teachers. New teacher and previous student, Eun-Young then learns the deep and dark secrets of her friend Jin-Ju and the reason behind the murders. |
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