Characters

Starter character architecture for the pitch. Replace names, portraits, and descriptions as casting and script development tighten.

Heroine

Intelligent, proud, observant, and unwilling to mistake obedience for virtue.

Darcy analogue

A man of rank and restraint whose reserve hides judgement, responsibility, and moral risk.

Sister bond

Tender, optimistic, and exposed to the fragility of reputation in a changing society.

Family pressure

The comic and anxious force of survival: marriage as economics, status, and protection.

PRIDE