Vladimir Propp created a theory in the early twentieth Century. He studied Russian fairytales and discovered that in stories there were always 8 types of different characters and they are, the hero, the villain, the donor, the dispatcher, the false hero, the helper, the princess and her father. However he did not state that these characters were all separate people for example the provider could also be the helper. There are only 8 different character types and only 31 things they ever do. Once you have identified the character type for example the hero, it’s easy to guess what they will do for example save the princess, defeat the villain, marry the princess etc, this is because each character has a sphere of action and this method is easily relatable to films and programmes today. Vladimir Propp's work became vital to the ideas of theorists such as Claude Levi-Strauss.
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