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Friday, 17 March 2017

Faith applying Propps Theory

PROPP'S CHARACTER TYPES THEORY:

The PROPP'S character type theory brings in the idea that films will always have the following: 

The villain - struggles against the hero.
The donor - Prepares the hero or gives them something to help them.
The helper - Helps the hero in the quest. 
The princess - The damsel in distress, or person in need of help.
The dispatcher - Character that sends the hero on their quest.
The hero - Takes credit for their own heroic actions/ struggles again the villain. 
The False hero - Takes credit for the hero's actions. 

Applying this theory to our own narrative:

The villain - Antagonist: Who keeps the missing friend hostage. 
The donor - Antagonist: Who provides the clues that the protagonist earns through tasks. 
The helper - Antagonist: Who gives the protagonist tasks in order to earn clues: therefore helping her.
The princess - The missing friend 'Hannah Owens.' 
The dispatcher - Antagonist: Who introduces the game to the protagonist. 
The hero - The protagonist who accepts the game to find her friend. 
The False hero - N/A. 



I feel that this particular theory doesn't work very well with out narrative, due to their not being many characters as a whole, and the fact that the Antagonist has a lot of control throughout making them most of the character types above.

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