Narrative Theory: Vladimir Propp

Propp identified 8 key character Roles in these stories:
He annalysed Folk Stories

1. The Hero
2. The Villain
3. The Doner
4. The Helper
5. The Father Figure
6. The Dispatcher
7. The Princess
8. The False Hero

Propp argued that characters could fulfill more than one of these roles and that these can be more than one of the characetr types.