The Silence of the Lambs- Vladimir Prop

Clarice

 Hero- within a thriller genre, they are known as solving the case, and catching the "bad guy". In Silence of the Lambs, Clarice becomes the narrative hero, by taking the knowledge off Hanniball Lecture in order to track down the murderer of three women found dead.

Buffalo Bill
Villian- The villian within a thriller genre is normally stated as the murderer. In Silence of the Lambs, Buffalo Bill is the incredible intelligent murderer, who hides his cover, by identifying himself as a women in his home. He see's girls as an object, in which he kills them to make his very own women suit.

Catherine
 Princess- In a thriller genre, the princess is disguised as the innocent and helpless person. Vladimir prop believes that the princess is a beautiful blonde haired, fair skinned women, who means no harm to anybody. They are also normally married to the hero, which in this case, Catherine is not married to Clarice, and before the case, they did not know of each other.

Hanninball

False Hero/Donor/Helper- These are known as the person who helps the hero, but in another situation, are also bad themself. Hanninball is a very intelligent surgeon, who is locked up in jail, due to the fact of him murdering people by eating them. In Silence of the Lambs, he helps Clarice with hunting down the murderer of the three women. In some ways, the audience creates a love emotion for him, as he helps Clarice throughout her case.

Vladimir Prop believed character had the mental and moral qualities distinctive to an individual. He stressed completely the importance of characters to the narrative, naming 8 individuals within. These being, Hero, Villian, Donor, Dispatcher, False Hero, Helper, Princess, Her Father. People follow his theories in every genre. His theories are what makes a narrative distinguished.