Propp's Narrative Roles
Vladimir Propp. Born on the 17th of April, 1895. He was born in St. Petersburg. Propp broke down fairy tales in different sections, by doing this he could focus on different sections and able to define the fairy tale into a series of sequences.
Roles
Protagonist – Character who owns the quest or stray, known better to us as the hero.
Antagonist – Character who tries to stop the protagonist from achieving their goals, we usually know them as the villain.
Princess – Someone or something that needs to be saved, could be an object or a male or female character.
Helpers – They are there to help the protagonist to achieve their goals.
Mentor – Thought of as a father figure or teacher, their role is to give guidance or knowledge to the protagonist.
Gift Donor – Give an object or specific information to the protagonist.
Quest Giver – Sets the protagonist of on their quest.
Anti-hero – Has the characteristics that are un-heroic and possibly immoral, but inside are secretly like the forces of good.
False Hero – Appears to have heroic qualities when we first meet them but they are actually the antagonist, and usually starts to show later on.
Applying Propp's Narrative Roles To Mama -
Protagonist - Annabel
Annabel is the girlfriend of Lucas, who is the uncle of Victoria and Lily. Annabel is the one that puts the most effort into looking after the girls after Lucas is put into hospital due to Mama causing him to get hurt. The quest to protect the girls is then handed over to Annabel, who is having to fight for the girls custody as well noticing creepy things around the house starting to happen.
Antagonist - Mama
I put Mama as the antagonist because she tries to take the girls away from her. Mama lives in a abandoned cabinh in the woods, she stops the girls father from killing them, by killing him. She then brings on the girls as her own but for selfish reasons of her own. As we get to know her more we start to create sympathy for her because of what she has been through. However she still want the girls for herself and manages to try to kill two people and almost kill Lucas. Mama is the spooky creature trying to get the girls due to her own misfortunies.
Princess - Victoria and Lilly
Victoria and Lilly are classed as the princess, they need to be protected! They are also very young and need a mother like figure to protect them, but they need protecting from Mama who is trying to harm them for her own benifit. The girls are very young and difficult to protect.
Helpers - Dr. Dreyfuss
Doctor Dreyfuss was studying the girls. He know something is wrong, Mama. Doctor Dreyfuss is a helper because he helps Annabel and gives her extra information because he knows. He finds out lots of information about Mama eventurly and helps Annabel to protect the girls, Victoria and Lilly.
Gift Giver - Dr. Dreyfuss
Give Annabel the protagonist the gift of knowledge
Quest Giver - Dr. Dreyfuss
After studing the girls he then gives Annabel a quest/stray to look after the girls when they are out of the secure unit.
Anti Hero - Jean
Jean is classed as the anti hero because she trys to take care of the girls. At the beginig of the film she trys to look after them because she is worried about them but nearing the ending she does lots of nasty things to get Annabel in trouble, and she ends up breaking into their house at one point.
False Hero - Victoria & Lilly's Father, Jeffrey
Jeffrey is placed as a false hero because he is meant to be thought of as a father figure but instead he want to kill the two girls after killing his two associates and his wife. Jeffrey doesn't care about the two girls anymore and is just about to kill them before Mama saves the girls and takes them on as her own.
In the film the senior partner of an investment brokerage Jeffrey has a breakdown and kills his two associates and his wife. Then he takes his three-year old daughter Victoria and the one-year old daughter Lilly and drives his car through a winding snowing road. He has a car accident and fall off a cliff, but he brings his daughters to an abandoned and isolated cabin to kill them, but the children are saved by a creepy ghostly creature. Five years later, Jeffrey's brother Lucas finds the children that were raised without social relationship and claim
that they have been raised by Mama. Lucas disputes the custody with the children's grandmother but Dr. Dreyfuss, who is studying the girls, selects Lucas to take care of the children. Lucas lives with his girlfriend Annabel, who plays in a rock'n'roll band, and Victoria and Lilly moves to their house. Soon Lucas and Annabel find that the girls were not delusional and they are not alone in the house.
Vladimir Propp. Born on the 17th of April, 1895. He was born in St. Petersburg. Propp broke down fairy tales in different sections, by doing this he could focus on different sections and able to define the fairy tale into a series of sequences.
Roles
Protagonist – Character who owns the quest or stray, known better to us as the hero.
Antagonist – Character who tries to stop the protagonist from achieving their goals, we usually know them as the villain.
Princess – Someone or something that needs to be saved, could be an object or a male or female character.
Helpers – They are there to help the protagonist to achieve their goals.
Mentor – Thought of as a father figure or teacher, their role is to give guidance or knowledge to the protagonist.
Gift Donor – Give an object or specific information to the protagonist.
Quest Giver – Sets the protagonist of on their quest.
Anti-hero – Has the characteristics that are un-heroic and possibly immoral, but inside are secretly like the forces of good.
False Hero – Appears to have heroic qualities when we first meet them but they are actually the antagonist, and usually starts to show later on.
Applying Propp's Narrative Roles To Mama -
Protagonist - Annabel
Annabel is the girlfriend of Lucas, who is the uncle of Victoria and Lily. Annabel is the one that puts the most effort into looking after the girls after Lucas is put into hospital due to Mama causing him to get hurt. The quest to protect the girls is then handed over to Annabel, who is having to fight for the girls custody as well noticing creepy things around the house starting to happen.
Antagonist - Mama
I put Mama as the antagonist because she tries to take the girls away from her. Mama lives in a abandoned cabinh in the woods, she stops the girls father from killing them, by killing him. She then brings on the girls as her own but for selfish reasons of her own. As we get to know her more we start to create sympathy for her because of what she has been through. However she still want the girls for herself and manages to try to kill two people and almost kill Lucas. Mama is the spooky creature trying to get the girls due to her own misfortunies.
Princess - Victoria and Lilly
Victoria and Lilly are classed as the princess, they need to be protected! They are also very young and need a mother like figure to protect them, but they need protecting from Mama who is trying to harm them for her own benifit. The girls are very young and difficult to protect.
Helpers - Dr. Dreyfuss
Doctor Dreyfuss was studying the girls. He know something is wrong, Mama. Doctor Dreyfuss is a helper because he helps Annabel and gives her extra information because he knows. He finds out lots of information about Mama eventurly and helps Annabel to protect the girls, Victoria and Lilly.
Gift Giver - Dr. Dreyfuss
Give Annabel the protagonist the gift of knowledge
Quest Giver - Dr. Dreyfuss
After studing the girls he then gives Annabel a quest/stray to look after the girls when they are out of the secure unit.
Anti Hero - Jean
Jean is classed as the anti hero because she trys to take care of the girls. At the beginig of the film she trys to look after them because she is worried about them but nearing the ending she does lots of nasty things to get Annabel in trouble, and she ends up breaking into their house at one point.
False Hero - Victoria & Lilly's Father, Jeffrey
Jeffrey is placed as a false hero because he is meant to be thought of as a father figure but instead he want to kill the two girls after killing his two associates and his wife. Jeffrey doesn't care about the two girls anymore and is just about to kill them before Mama saves the girls and takes them on as her own.
In the film the senior partner of an investment brokerage Jeffrey has a breakdown and kills his two associates and his wife. Then he takes his three-year old daughter Victoria and the one-year old daughter Lilly and drives his car through a winding snowing road. He has a car accident and fall off a cliff, but he brings his daughters to an abandoned and isolated cabin to kill them, but the children are saved by a creepy ghostly creature. Five years later, Jeffrey's brother Lucas finds the children that were raised without social relationship and claim
that they have been raised by Mama. Lucas disputes the custody with the children's grandmother but Dr. Dreyfuss, who is studying the girls, selects Lucas to take care of the children. Lucas lives with his girlfriend Annabel, who plays in a rock'n'roll band, and Victoria and Lilly moves to their house. Soon Lucas and Annabel find that the girls were not delusional and they are not alone in the house.