MEJE PROCESS · Pride and Prejudice Worldbuilding Data (74 chapters)
*Pride and Prejudice* — Character Psychology Curves (Analysis/Creative Support)
Pride and Prejudice — Character Psychology Curves (Analysis/Creative Support)
Tracks the event-by-event changes in the psychological states of major characters. Use it to guide characterization in adaptations and tone in translation.
Scale: ▲ (rise) / ▼ (fall) / ━ (plateau) / ✦ (turning point)
1. Elizabeth Bennet — Core Emotional Curves
A. Feelings Toward Darcy (-10 to +10)
[-10: extreme hostility] [0: neutral] [+10: deep love]
EVT-003 Meryton assembly -3 “tolerable” insult (mild dislike)
EVT-005 Refusal at Lucas Lodge -4 Keeps her distance
EVT-009 Reel confrontation -5 Hostility intensifies
EVT-014 After Wickham’s testimony -7 ✦ Prejudice takes root
EVT-016 Dance at the ball -8 Peak confrontation
EVT-027 Fitzwilliam’s disclosure -9 Height of anger
EVT-028 Rejects first proposal -10 ✦ Lowest point (“last man in the world”)
EVT-029 First reading of letter -10 Still refuses to accept it
EVT-029 Rereads letter -5 ✦ Begins to doubt Wickham
EVT-030 Self-recognition -2 ✦ “blind, partial, prejudiced”
EVT-031 Shares with Jane -1 Admission + shame
EVT-033 Final encounter with Wickham +1 Positive view of Darcy (“improves”)
EVT-035 Visits Pemberley +3 ✦ Shocked by Mrs. Reynolds
EVT-036 Meets Darcy again +4 Astonished by his change
EVT-037 Darcy’s consideration +5 Respect + gratitude
EVT-038 Elopement crisis + breaks down before Darcy +6 Weakness of resolve
EVT-039 Recognizes her love +7 ✦ “could have loved him”
EVT-041 Full recognition +8 ✦ “exactly the man”
EVT-042 Secret intervention revealed +9 ✦ Profound gratitude
EVT-046 Accepts second proposal +10 ✦ Highest point
EVT-048 Marriage +10 Stable love
B. Self-Knowledge Curve (Conceit → Recognition)
Ch.1-30 ▲▲▲ Stage of “priding herself on her discernment”
Ch.30-36 ▼▼▼ ✦ Recognition of prejudice begins
Ch.36 ━ “Till this moment, I never knew myself”
Ch.37-50 ━━ Period of maturation
Ch.50+ ▲▲ Rebuilt self-knowledge (confidence without pride)
C. Shame About Her Family
Ch.1 +2 Moderate irritation
Ch.9 +5 Embarrassment of the Netherfield visit
Ch.18 +9 ✦ Total humiliation at the ball
Ch.34 +10 ✦ Darcy criticizes her family during the proposal (she agrees inwardly)
Ch.36 +9 Acknowledges the justice of it after Darcy’s letter
Ch.41 +8 Lydia goes to Brighton
Ch.46 +10 ✦ Elopement crisis—the peak
Ch.61 +5 Partly relieved through marriage (but a lifelong burden)
2. Mr. Darcy — Core Emotional Curves
A. Feelings Toward Elizabeth (0 to +10)
EVT-003 Assembly 0 “tolerable”—indifference
EVT-004 fine eyes +2 ✦ Secret attraction begins
EVT-007 Three-mile walk +4 Attraction deepens + conflict
EVT-009 Reel (“bewitched”) +6 ✦ Complete enchantment + recognizes “danger”
EVT-010 Keeps distance +5 Deliberate restraint
EVT-016 Dance at the ball +6 Pain + attraction
EVT-019 Separates Bingley +5 Tries to forget Elizabeth
EVT-026 Visits Hunsford +7 ✦ Restraint fails
EVT-028 Proposal +9 Confession (but contradictory)
EVT-028 Rejected +10 ✦ Shocked, but love deepens
EVT-029 Letter +10 Love expressed through self-defense
EVT-036 Pemberley reunion +10 Transformed love
EVT-038 News of elopement +10 Love in action
EVT-046 Second proposal +10 Love fulfilled
B. Personal Transformation Curve
Ch.1-28 ━ Equilibrium of conceit (no self-awareness)
Ch.34 ▼ ✦ “This is your opinion of me!”—shock
Ch.34-35 ▼▼ “the most painful months of my life” (recalled in Ch.58)
Ch.35 ━ Letter = self-defense + partial admission
Ch.35-43 ▲ Reconstruction begins
Ch.43 ▲▲ ✦ Pemberley = first display of his changed self
Ch.58 ▲▲▲ Complete transformation + acknowledgment
C. Social Pride Curve
Ch.1-34 +10 Highest
Ch.34 +5 ✦ Shock of “not gentlemanlike”
Ch.35 +7 Partially restored through the letter
Ch.43 +5 Kindness to the Gardiners (lowers his pride)
Ch.46 +3 Accepts that Lydia may become family
Ch.50 +2 ✦ Lowest point (becomes related to Wickham)
Ch.58 +6 Restored self-respect (without arrogance)
Ch.61 +7 Stable
3. Jane Bennet — Emotional Curves
A. Feelings Toward Bingley
Ch.3 +5 First attraction
Ch.7 +7 Deepens through his sincere care
Ch.10 +8 Peak of mutual affection
Ch.12 +7 Regret at parting
Ch.21 +5 ✦ Shock of Miss Bingley’s letter
Ch.24 +3 “Hope was over”
Ch.26 +2 Miss Bingley’s coldness in London
Ch.40 +3 ✦ Balances her judgment of Darcy after learning the truth about Wickham
Ch.46 +2 Everything is eclipsed by the Lydia crisis
Ch.53 +6 ✦ Bingley returns
Ch.55 +9 Second proposal
Ch.61 +10 Stable happiness
B. Patience/Optimism Curve
Generally remains at +9 to +10
Only decline: Ch.21-25 (Miss Bingley’s letter through the cold reception in London)
→ Falls to +6 (but she still blames no one)
Recovery: Ch.46+ (puts her family first even in crisis)
4. Mr. Bingley — Emotional Curves
A. Feelings Toward Jane
Ch.3 +6 Attracted at first meeting
Ch.7-10 +8 Deepens
Ch.16 (estimated) +8 Intends marriage after the ball
Ch.18 +9 ✦ Ball—resolves to marry?
Ch.21 +9 Goes to London, but his heart remains with Jane
Ch.21+ +5 ✦ Swayed by Darcy → “tries to forget”
Ch.21-43 +5 Cannot forget (remembers precisely “since the 26th of November”)
Ch.43 +8 ✦ Recalls their meeting at Pemberley
Ch.53 +9 Returns to Netherfield
Ch.55 +10 Second proposal
B. Indecision Curve
Ch.3-21 ━━ Steady affection
Ch.21 ▼ ✦ Changes his mind at one word from Darcy (peak indecision)
Ch.42 ━ Spends a year unable to forget
Ch.43 ▲ Revives with Darcy’s tacit approval
Ch.55 ▲▲ Decision + action
5. Mr. Wickham — Emotional Curves
A. Feelings Toward Elizabeth
Ch.15 +5 Attracted at first meeting
Ch.16 +6 Testimony + establishes trust
Ch.17-18 +6 Interest continues
Ch.26 +2 ✦ Turns to Miss King (money over feeling)
Ch.41 +2 Tries to approach again after Miss King leaves
Ch.41 +1 Elizabeth’s coldness
Ch.41 +0 ✦ Final encounter; relationship ends
B. Feelings Toward Darcy (Hostility)
Childhood +5 Friends (during the elder Darcy’s lifetime)
Youth -3 Jealousy begins
EVT-029-1 -8 Dissipation after receiving three thousand pounds
EVT-029-2 -10 ✦ Refusal of the living + rejection
Ramsgate -10 Attempt involving Georgiana (revenge + money)
Ch.15 -10 Street encounter in Meryton
Ch.16 -10 False testimony (revenge)
Ch.41 -10 Elizabeth defends Darcy → detects a threat
Ch.51 -8 Darcy attends his wedding → submission
Afterward -7 Chronic dependence
6. Lydia Bennet — Emotional Curves
A. Self-Awareness (None)
Remains ━━━ 0 throughout ← complete lack of self-awareness
Only change: poverty after marriage—but she does not recognize it
B. Excitement/Elation Curve
Ch.7 +5 Militia arrives
Ch.18 +7 Netherfield ball
Ch.41 +10 ✦ Invitation to Brighton (frenzy)
Ch.41+ +10 Period in Brighton (continues)
Ch.46 +10 Elopement (without shame)
Ch.51 +10 ✦ Returns to boast at Longbourn as a married woman
Afterward +5 Remains elated despite poverty
7. Mr. Collins — Emotional Curves
A. Self-Esteem (Delusion)
Remains at +10 throughout—never collapses
Only change: a brief ▼ immediately after his proposal is rejected in Ch.19
→ Immediately interprets it as a “conventional refusal” and recovers
→ Returns to +10 when Charlotte accepts him in Ch.20
8. Charlotte Lucas — Emotional Curves
A. View of Marriage/Future
Ch.5 -3 “Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance”—resigned realism
Ch.6 -3 Advises Elizabeth (Jane should make more effort)
Ch.20 +3 ✦ Accepts Collins (relief at having chosen)
Ch.22 +5 Explains herself to Elizabeth
Ch.28+ +3 Settles at Hunsford (practical satisfaction)
Ch.57 +5 Pregnancy—security
B. Friendship with Elizabeth
Ch.5 +9 Close friends
Ch.20 +6 ✦ Acceptance of the proposal creates a rift
Ch.22 +5 Coolness after the explanation
Ch.28+ +6 Partially restored at Hunsford
Afterward +7 Friendship continues despite distance
9. Mr. Bennet — Emotional Curves
A. Attitude Toward Life (Stable Cynicism)
Mostly ━━ -3 Stable cynicism
Ch.46 ▼ -7 ✦ Lydia’s elopement—genuine shock
Ch.49 ━ -5 Partial recovery after the marriage agreement
Ch.50 ▼ -6 Self-reproach for being indebted to Gardiner
Ch.59 ▲ -2 ✦ Elizabeth’s marriage—genuine joy (“anyone less worthy”)
Afterward ━ -3 Returns to cynicism
10. Mrs. Bennet — Emotional Curves
A. Excitement/Frustration of the Marriage Project
Ch.1 +9 ✦ Bingley moves in (frenzy)
Ch.3 +9 Meryton assembly (Jane succeeds)
Ch.7-9 +9 Netherfield (Jane–Bingley progress)
Ch.18 +10 ✦ Ball (assumes the marriage is certain)
Ch.21 -5 ✦ Bingley departs (shock)
Ch.21+ -3 Sustained lamentation
Ch.40 -3 Spring through summer
Ch.46 -8 ✦ Elopement (takes to her bed)
Ch.49 +10 ✦ Marriage agreement (shameless rejoicing)
Ch.55 +9 Bingley returns
Ch.55 +10 Jane’s engagement
Ch.56 ━ Lady Catherine’s visit (does not understand it)
Ch.59 +11 ✦ “Dear Darcy!” (all-time high)
Afterward +10 Complete satisfaction
11. Lady Catherine — Emotional Curves
A. Perception of Control
Mostly +10 Complete confidence in her control
Ch.56 +10 ✦ Attempts intimidation (peak conceit)
Ch.56 +5 ✦ Elizabeth refuses (shock)
Afterward +3 Anger + powerlessness
Ch.61 +6 Reconciliation (unavoidably)
12. Georgiana Darcy — Emotional Curves
A. Self-Esteem
Childhood +8 Affectionate nature
Ramsgate -8 ✦ Wickham incident (trauma)
Afterward -5 Shyness + self-doubt
Ch.44 -3 Meets Elizabeth (recovery begins)
Ch.61 +5 Gains Elizabeth as a sister—recovery
13. Synchronization of Emotional Change (By Couple)
Comparing the Darcy–Elizabeth Curves
Point Darcy Elizabeth
Ch.3 0 -3 (Darcy indifferent, Elizabeth mildly dislikes him)
Ch.7 +4 -3 (gap begins)
Ch.18 +6 -8 (first peak of divergence)
Ch.28 +10 -10 (second peak—proposal/rejection)
Ch.36 +10 -2 (Darcy unchanged, Elizabeth recognizes herself)
Ch.43 +10 +3 (convergence begins)
Ch.46 +10 +6 (convergence accelerates)
Ch.58 +10 +10 (complete convergence)
Translation/adaptation note: Their emotional curves are completely asymmetrical—Darcy loves her almost continuously (restraint → expression), whereas Elizabeth undergoes a major transformation. On screen, Darcy’s gaze and expression must show this consistency.
Comparing the Bingley–Jane Curves (Synchronized Stability)
Point Bingley Jane
Ch.3 +6 +5
Ch.10 +8 +8
Ch.21 +5 +5 ← simultaneous fall (external intervention)
Ch.55 +10 +10 ← simultaneous recovery
14. Key Turning Points (All Characters Combined)
Ch.34 First Proposal — Simultaneous Shock
- Darcy: starting point of self-awareness
- Elizabeth: peak of prejudice (recognition follows)
- The greatest shock of both their lives
Ch.36 Recognition — Elizabeth Alone
- Darcy does not know
- Elizabeth changes alone
Ch.43 Pemberley — First Synchronization
- Their curves move in the same direction for the first time
Ch.46 Elopement — Crisis and Recognition of Love
- Elizabeth: acknowledges love (but despairs)
- Darcy: resolves to act (proof of love)
Ch.58 Second Proposal — Complete Convergence
- The two curves meet
15. Uses in Translation and Adaptation
Translation
- Even the same form of address for the same character should change in tone according to the point in the story
- Choose words with special care in scenes at a curve’s peak or trough
Screen Adaptation
- Direct changes in facial expression and gaze to match the curves
- Let the music change with the curves as well
Stage Adaptation
- Visualize emotional curves through blocking + lighting
Derivative Works
- Stories can fill the blank spaces in the curves—the periods the novel does not explain