A presentation of the life and works of Russian narrative theorist Vladimir Propp, outlining his ideas on basic narrative structure and character profiling in narrative.
8. The Princess or Prize: The hero deserves her throughout the story, but due to unfair evil must overcome a task to get her.
9. Her Father: The father of the prize gives the task to the hero, identifies the false hero, marries the hero . The Dispatcher: character who makes the lack known and sends the hero off. The False Hero: takes credit for the heroâs actions or tries to marry the princess.