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Character Theories
A character is a person in a 
narrative work of arts such as a 
novel, play, TV series or film. In my 
answer I will be using character 
theories of Erving Goffman, 
Vladimir Propps and Richard Bartle 
to analyze the characters of the film 
“Percy Jackson and the Lightning 
Thief”.
Goffman’s theory 
suggest that there are 
four main types of broad 
characters in media text 
and those are 
The Protagonist 
The Deuterogamist 
The Bit Player 
The Fool
In this 
movie 
Percy is 
the 
protagoni 
st as he is 
the 
leading 
character 
of the film
Grover and Annabeth are the deuterogamist as 
they were supporting Percy (protagonist) 
throughout the film
The bit player in 
the movie is 
played by Luke 
who is given 
nery less screen 
time at the 
beginning 
making him an 
ordinary 
character but in 
the end audience 
finds out that he 
is a lightning 
thief.
Grover can 
also be 
consider as 
a fool 
character 
as some of 
the 
dialogues 
he 
delivered in 
the movie 
were 
hilarious
Propp’s Theory: 
There are 6 
broad character 
types 
1. The Villain 
2. The Donor 
3. The (magical) 
helper 
4. The Princess 
5. Her Father 
6. The Dispatcher
In this 
movie, 
Luke is 
the villain 
as he tried 
to put 
Percy in 
trouble.
The magical 
helpers in this 
movie were 
played by 
Annabeth and 
Grover as they 
were there to 
help Percy 
during the fight 
and 
accompanied 
him to the 
grand meeting 
with the lords.
Annabeth is 
also “The 
Princess” of 
the movie 
as she is 
Percy’s love 
interest
However, Princess’s Father and The 
Dispatcher is not present in this movie
Bartle’s character theory: 
He divided the characters in 
4 categories 
1 Achievers 
2 Explorers 
3. Socializers 
4. Killers
Percy is the 
Achiever in 
this movie as 
he achieved 
his goal that 
was to stop 
the war form 
happening 
between the 
Gods.
Percy, Grover 
and Annabeth 
could be 
categorize as 
explorers as 
they had the 
map with them 
to find the three 
pearls that 
would take 
them to 
Olympus.
However, Socializers and Killer is 
missing in this movie

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Character theories

  • 2. A character is a person in a narrative work of arts such as a novel, play, TV series or film. In my answer I will be using character theories of Erving Goffman, Vladimir Propps and Richard Bartle to analyze the characters of the film “Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief”.
  • 3. Goffman’s theory suggest that there are four main types of broad characters in media text and those are The Protagonist The Deuterogamist The Bit Player The Fool
  • 4. In this movie Percy is the protagoni st as he is the leading character of the film
  • 5. Grover and Annabeth are the deuterogamist as they were supporting Percy (protagonist) throughout the film
  • 6. The bit player in the movie is played by Luke who is given nery less screen time at the beginning making him an ordinary character but in the end audience finds out that he is a lightning thief.
  • 7. Grover can also be consider as a fool character as some of the dialogues he delivered in the movie were hilarious
  • 8. Propp’s Theory: There are 6 broad character types 1. The Villain 2. The Donor 3. The (magical) helper 4. The Princess 5. Her Father 6. The Dispatcher
  • 9. In this movie, Luke is the villain as he tried to put Percy in trouble.
  • 10. The magical helpers in this movie were played by Annabeth and Grover as they were there to help Percy during the fight and accompanied him to the grand meeting with the lords.
  • 11. Annabeth is also “The Princess” of the movie as she is Percy’s love interest
  • 12. However, Princess’s Father and The Dispatcher is not present in this movie
  • 13. Bartle’s character theory: He divided the characters in 4 categories 1 Achievers 2 Explorers 3. Socializers 4. Killers
  • 14. Percy is the Achiever in this movie as he achieved his goal that was to stop the war form happening between the Gods.
  • 15. Percy, Grover and Annabeth could be categorize as explorers as they had the map with them to find the three pearls that would take them to Olympus.
  • 16. However, Socializers and Killer is missing in this movie