Sin City - Applying Propp and Todorov

Does Propp apply?

Propps character theory suggests that there are eight main character roles. He discovered these by studying fairy tales. These character roles are 

• Hero
• Sidekick
• Villain 
• Donar 
• Princess
• father 
• False Hero 
• Quest Giver 

Most of these character roles can be applies to Sin city in some form. 

Hero

In Sin City there are many heroes. There are three main Heroes 

1. John Heartigan      2. Marv        3. Dright 

These heroes try to complete their missions for the common good, They may have a violent way of completing their missions an sometimes it may not seem very hero like (when marv is torturing the mercenary) but they are trying to be "good"

Villain 

There are also many heroes in Sin city, there are many more villains than there are heroes. 

Some of them include

1. The members of the Roark family (junior, senior and Uncle)     2. Jack (Jackie Boy) 

3. Manute  (The man with the Golden Eye)

These villains commit many evils deed which make people fear them. The heroes of the genre try to vanquish the villains and stop them  from committing more evil deeds. 

False Hero

There is possibly a false hero in this film. A False hero is some one who betrays the hero, so that they can benefit from it. 

Becky could be classed a false Hero as she betrays her friends in old town by telling Manute that the inhabitants of old town have killed Jack, thus breaking the agreement between them and the Mob. 

She turns in her friends because the villains threaten her mum. 

Does Todorov Apply?