Narrative Theory of Valdimir Propp in Legally Blonde Movie

Narrative Theory of Valdimir Propp in Legally Blonde Movie

1.      The villain : Vivian Kensington

            Vivian is categorized as the villain because she tries to stop the progress of the hero.

Elle      : “I'm here to join your study group. And look! I brought sustenance!”

Vivian : “Our group is full.”

In fact, there is still one place for Elle to join that group, but Vivian directly behaves like a leader in which represents all members of that group to deny Elle. It might be because Vivian doesn’t want Elle to get closer with Warner again and to get more knowledge about law in order to push her as a permanent joke only in Harvard Law School.

2.      The hero    : Elle Woods

            Elle is both the main character and the hero in this movie. At first, she looks nothing, but in the end, she has resolved some problems that this movie constructs. She helps Pulette to take her dog back from Paulette’s ex-husband. She also wins the case and frees Brooke in which placing Brooke as the murderer of her husband by integrating critical thinking and fashion knowledge that she has. So, the hero reflates everything nicely.

3.      The donor  : Elle’s fashion sense and accessories

            Elle has a good fashion sense and knowledge which help her passing every bad moment and problem that she gets. Her defence for Brook either against a man which pretends to be Brook’s spouse or Windham’s daughter is won by her fashion knowledge. So, Elle’s fashion and accessories are like a magic which inverts her from a bad situation into a better situation.

4.      The helper             : Emmett Richmond

            Elle meets her helper, Emmet, in unintentional moment. They get closer as a mutualism symbiosis and never get contra. Emmet always supports the hero, Elle, every moment when she needs a help, for instance driving her to interogerate Windham’s ex-wife, increasing her self-confidence when she is afraid standing in the court to start her defence for Brooke, and Emmet tries to defend her when she determines to quit from Law school because of Callahan impishness. In the other way, Elle helps Emmet also by analyzing the type of knowledge fashion that Brooke’s witness has, as a homosexual man in which Emmett wins his case.

5.      The prince             : Emmet Richmond

            Emmet is a reward for Elle,the hero. He is the happiness which the hero gets after passing the villain’s scheme in the difficult way. Elle herself is the princess and Emmet is her prince. The stronger evidence is when Emmet finally proposes Elle as her spouse in the end of the story. In the other hand, Warner, her ex-boyfriend that firstly she wants to get him back, is refused by her appropriately at the time when he offers to walk out with Elle again.

6.      Her mother            : Professor Stromwell

            Professor Stromwell appreciates and congratulates Elle’s efforts with rewarding her as top student of the year.

7.       The dispatcher      : Paulette Bonafonte

            Paulette is the only one who advises the hero to steal Warner back from Vivian. Paulette unintentionally places the hero on a mission which contains many problems and conflicts that must be done to reach the goal.

8.       The false heroes   : Professor Callahan and Warner Huntington the Third

            As the false hero, he has reflected as a real hero perfectly in the beginning. Elle supposes that Professor Callahan deserves her as an intelligent and professional lawyer, but in fact, he just likes the way Elle looks, even he tries to feel her up.