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Character profiles indicate which character each storyline represents. Hover over these to read short character bios.
Each character is represented with their own uniquely coloured storyline. The thickness of the storyline is based on the total number of dialogue lines spoken by and to a character for the following chapter on their timeline.
The vertically-aligned white rectangles represent the story chapters. Hover over these to read each chapter summary.
Clovers represent the temporal state of a character in relation to a story chapter. As the character journeys through the story their clover leaf labels reflect changes to four attributes.
What the character is trying to achieve or are told to do in the chapter.
The character's key action, behaviour or state in the chapter.
The underlying reason for the character's action and behaviour.
The polarity of the character's spoken and internal dialogue in the chapter.
Character social interactions are represented using arcs. The colours of these arcs represent the source characters of the social interactions. These are the same colour as their storylines. The thickness of the arcs is based on the total number of dialogue lines spoken by the character to its target(s) for that chapter.
About
This visualisation allows you to explore the evolving individual journeys of characters in novels, in relation to their appearances in and disappearances from the novel's chapters.
The dataset was generated from the text of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by JK Rowling. Please note: In-visualisation access to the full text is unavailable due to the potential for copyright infringement.
Use this menu to understand how to read, interact with, change settings for, and filter, the visualisation elements.
Character Profiles

Storyline Color & Thickness

Chapter Boxes

Character Clovers

Salient Goal

Salient Action

Salient Motivation

Mean Sentiment

Social Relationships
