Vladimir Propp

Vladimir propp

Age:75
Born: 17 April 1895
Death :22  august 1920
Occupation: scholar                                        
                                                      

Vladimir Propp was a scholar who developed a character theory for studying media texts and movie productions, which show that there were repetitive character types in the 100 tales he analysed, which could be applied to other media: The villain (struggles against the hero) The donor (prepares the hero or gives the hero some magical object).

A hero - A character that seeks something.
The villain - A person that stops the hero quest to succeed.  
The donor- A person that provides an object with magical properties.
The dispatcher- A person the send the hero on his or her quest through a message.
The false hero- A person that disrupts the hero quest by making false accusations.
The helper- Is someone that helps the hero throughout the hero's quest.
The princess- Is the reward for the hero and the objective of the villains plot.