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*Pride and Prejudice* — Character Psychology Curves (Analysis/Creative Support)

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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