Vladimir Propp

Vladmir Propp (1895-1970) was a Russian and Soviet scholar. He extended the study of narrative structure, in a formalist approach. He studied 100 Russian fairy tales he came into conlusion
- That the tales have a sequenceof 31 functions
-  that all the characters could be resolved into 8 broad character types



 This Video Of Katy Perry - Hot'N'Cold could relate to the theory Propp has done.
As the the artist/ main characte is shown to be happy getting married, but then a dilemma occurs as the groom runs out of the church. But at the end it both characters end up marrying.