Propp

Spheres of action, we covered some of the Vladamir Propp's theories on narritive

An extract of his 31elements to narrative, we looked at different games that this applied to.

-The Villain
-The donor
-The Helper
-The Princess/father
-The dispatcher
-The Hero
-The falso hero

Our group which looked at Folklore for a previous assignment applied this theory to this game:
-The Villain: Netherworld
-The donor: The Cloak
-The Helper: Belgae, Scarecrow
-The Princess/father: Mother, caller
-The dispatcher: Whoever wrote the note, Caller
-The Hero: Ellen, Keats
-The falso hero: Scarecrow

To see if it worked with other games we picked out, Final Fantasy I, Golden Sun and Silent Hill 2
FFI
-The Villain: Chaos
-The donor: Cosmos
-The Helper: Cid
-The Princess/father: Crystals
-The dispatcher:Crystals
-The Hero: Warriors of light
-The falso hero:Garland

Golden Sun
-The Villain: Alex
-The donor: Alex, various
-The Helper: Alex, Kraden, Djinn
-The Princess/father: The world, Parents
-The dispatcher: The Wise one, Alex, Saturos,Menardi
-The Hero: Issac, Felix
-The falso hero: Alex, Felix (1st game)

Silent Hill 2 Proved to be the most interesting.
-The Villain: James
-The donor: James
-The Helper:James, Pyramid Head, Laura
-The Princess/father: James, Mary?
-The dispatcher: James, Mary- initally shown to be
-The Hero: James
-The falso hero:James

As answering each section for Silent Hill it brcame more and more apparent that James suprisingly Fit every subject.