When she saw her husband’s eyes, the “eyes was neither anger nor sorrow…only a cold light, a look of loathing,” she felt his scornfulness which hurts her even more than being violated by the thief (Akutagawa 25.) At that moment, she decided to kill her husband and ended her life after him. Furthermore, her attempts to commit suicide gave believability to her story as she was “still living in dishonor” after she failed to kill herself (Akutagawa 27.) Masago sought refuge at the temple and wished to spend her life to redeem her great sin towards her
When she saw her husband’s eyes, the “eyes was neither anger nor sorrow…only a cold light, a look of loathing,” she felt his scornfulness which hurts her even more than being violated by the thief (Akutagawa 25.) At that moment, she decided to kill her husband and ended her life after him. Furthermore, her attempts to commit suicide gave believability to her story as she was “still living in dishonor” after she failed to kill herself (Akutagawa 27.) Masago sought refuge at the temple and wished to spend her life to redeem her great sin towards her