In Bruges - Propp's Theory

1. Which characters in the film correspond to each archetype? Do any of the characters fulfill more than one role? Are any of the roles fulfilled by more than one character?

The Hero - Ray, seeking for redemption. (Ken, could be seeking for Ray's second chance.)
The Villan - Harry, wants to kill Ray as revenge for the 'little boy' who Ray has killed on his 'job'. Eirik wants revenge from Ray for shooting the blank in his eye.
The Donor - ???
The Helper - Ken, helps Ray slow Harry when they are all in Bruges.
The Princess - Chloe could be seen as the princess. if Ray survives then he would be together with Chloe.
The Dispatcher - Harry, Tells Ray and Ken to hide in Bruges after the killing of the 'little boy'
The Father - ???

2. Does the film subvert any of the archetypes? Which characters seem to fit into one category but twist it or surprise us?

Harry fits into the role of The Dispatcher at the beginning of the film and seems to be a 'good guy' to the Hero Ray. however near the end of the film he also plays the role of The Villain which is a twist and also a surprise to the audience. I think that this also subverts to the archetype that the Dispatcher is a good guy and aides the hero. (As the example on website shows)

3. Evaluate Propp's theory as a method to help us understand the film. How much does it apply? How much does consideration of the archetypes and characters and the extent to which they are similar or subverted help us to analyse the movie?

I think that Propp's theory helps us understand the roles of the characters in the film. This theory can be applied to every movie to a certain extent. This is helpful to us to analyse the movie because we can look at the character's role individually and analyse on how well the individual character plays this role. We could also use this to help us analyse the movie as a whole on how well it fits genre conventions. However I think that Propp's theory may not work with movies which has very contrasting genres and sub-genres. this is because the archetypes could not be applied when analysing the film, and the characters would have usually more than one role which could make Propp's Theory more complicated when analysing.