Propps theoryVladimir propp studied various Russian fairytales, and discovered that there are always 8 main character types present.

These are:

. The dispatcher —character who makes the lack known and sends the hero off.

• The (magical) helper — helps the hero in the quest.• The princess or prize — the hero deserves her throughout the

story but is unable to marry her because of an unfair evil, usually because of the villain. the hero's journey is often ended when he marries the princess, thereby beating the villain.

• The villain — struggles against the hero

• Her father — gives the task to the hero, identifies the false hero, and marries the hero, often sought for during the narrative. Propp noted that functionally, the princess and the father cannot be clearly distinguished.

• The donor —prepares the hero or gives the hero some magical object.

• False hero — takes credit for the hero’s actions or tries to marry the princessThe hero or victim/seeker hero — reacts to the donor, weds the princess.

applying propps theory

• Trying to adhere to propps theory is difficult in our video, as we only have 2 characters. However, some of the roles that propp states in his theory can be applied to them:

• the hero: the hero is our male character, known as sunshine. He endevours to help raincloud overcome her depression as an act of lovethe villain: while we don’t have a character to fit the villain, it can be portrayed as the female characters mental state of mind (depression). The villain can also be portrayed as the rain, as it represents sadness and depression toothe false hero: we do not have anyone to represent the false herothe donor: we don’t have a donor either, as our hero is already prepared to help the princess

• the princess: is our female character. she needs to be rescued from the villain. The villain is a metaphor for her depression that only the hero can save her fromthe dispatcher: we don’t have a dispatcher, as the hero is already prepared for the task at handthe helper: the same applies to the helper, its not needed as the hero is already prepared for the taskthe princess’ father: this character would not be relevant to the story either