Props Narrative Stucture

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.


The Villain - The Queen, who tries to kill Snow White.

The Hero – The Prince, who saves Snow White.

The Donor- The Forester, who was sent to kill Snow White sets her free.

The Helper – The seven dwarfs who keep her safe at their house.

The Princess – Snow White who is the fairest of them all, she is the step-daughter of the queen and the daughter of the king.

The Dispatcher- the animals who tell the dwarfs that Snow White has been poisoned.

The False Hero – The queen as she dresses up as an old woman to trick Snow White into eating the poisoned apple.

Todorov's Narrative Theory

  State of equilibrium
  Disruption of that order
  Recognition that the disruption has occurred
  An attempt to repair the damage
  A return or restoration of a new equilibrium




An example I used was from the film Toy Story 1


Firstly there is the state of equilibrium where all of Andy's toys are happy, this is before Andy's party.


Then there is the disruption (disequilibrium), Andy got a new toy for his birthday, the toy was called Buzz Light Year. Woody and Buzz Light Year become very competitive for Andy's attention.

Next is the Recognition of disruption. Buzz light year believes he can fly and is in fact a real space commander. Woody quickly becomes very jealous of Buzz. Woody then pushes Buzz out of the window, all of the other toys lose trust in Woody and start to dislike him.

As an attempt to repair disruption Woody tries to save Buzz and be friends again with the other toys.

A return or restoration of NEW equilibrium, Buzz and Woody work together and set a firework they very fortunately land in through the top of the car, and are back with Andy on their way to the new house.