Sonbi T'al has wide nostrils and well-developed cheek bones to show that he is a scholar, full of discontent and unable to adjust to society. The mask reveals not only the dignity appropriate to a scholar, but also the arrogance that does not befit him. A Sonbi was a scholar who did not hold a government position, so spent his time studying the Chiness classics or writing poetry. In the play, Sonbi is severely satirized.