BLOG TASK 7 - CHARACTER THEORY

There are four different theories of types of characters in thrillers:
Goffman
Propp
Campbell, Fletcher & Greenhill
Bishop

I think that Enya best fits into Propps theory:

1. Villain
2. Donor
3. Helper
4. Princess
5. Father
6. The dispatcher
7. Her/Victim

I think my character Enya comes under Propps theory, as the 'Victim', as in the plot you don't really know much about her except that she wants to die. I think that she is a victim of depression, which led her to suicide. She was a victim of child abuse, as her father would beat her regularly. We know she is the victim as an audience as we become sympathetic towards her, as she speaks while preparing her suicide.

Enya is in a bathroom, this is conveyed from the first shot which will be her turning on a bath tap. She is there to commit suicide, the audience only find this out till she says so in the monologue (voice over). She is feeling depressed and unloved, as she explains in her monologue, she doesn't know exactly why she's feeling like this, but she has has suicide in mind for a while. The props she has are pills, candles, lipstick and mascara.