Edmond Dantes: ISTJ

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The Count of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas

Edmond Dantes ISTJ | The Count of Monte Cristo MBTI

Dominant Si: As a young man, Dantes is relatively ignorant about human nature and people in general, and isn’t very good at predicting their behavior or motives. It takes him years to connect the dots between his Mondego and why he is in prison. Though he doesn’t naturally understand how people work, he understands the workings of society and is able to fit into it as a mere shadow with little effort on his part. When it comes to devising quick solutions, Dantes always goes for the most sensible one. Dantes has an intense connection Continue reading →

Iago – Othello: INTJ

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Othello, William Shakespeare

othello shakespeare mbti intj iago

Dominant Ni: Iago is a master schemer. He knows what he wants and plots in detail how to get it. His plans are long-term, working slowly over time, unchanging with the circumstances, and he carries each step through decisively. He has an intuitive and accurate understanding of how the people around him think, and he uses this to manipulate them, while still having them believe that he is acting in their best interests. He is able to device plans that work because of this understanding. He knows how people will likely react Continue reading →

Susan Sto Helit: INTJ

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Hogfather, Terry Pratchett

Discworld Hogfather MBTI Susan INTJ

Dominant Ni: Susan recognizes problems in the blink of an eye. She knows when people are not telling her everything and immediately sets out to figure out the truth. She’s an adept problem solver who thinks in long-term big-picture images. She is able to pick up on the bigger implications that lie behind Death’s visit before consulting  further evidence. Susan is future oriented and easily sets aside whims of the present in order Continue reading →

Daisy Buchannon: ESFP

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The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald

Daisy Buchannon ESFP | The Great Gatsby MBTI

Dominant Se: Daisy loves to experience life. She has a materialistic side of her, which isn’t too strange for a woman living in the jazz age, but this is one of the major reasons that Gatsby uses materialism to draw Daisy to him. She values beauty enough that she goes so far as to wish beauty on her daughter over brains. Daisy is rather impulsive, and doesn’t always think about the consequences of her decisions. She enters a relationship with Continue reading →

Dr. John Watson: ISFJ

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Sherlock

John Watson ISFJ | Sherlock MBTI

Dominant Si: John has a difficult time getting over the past. Two years after Sherlock’s death, he is still grieving, and even after years away from Afghanistan, he still thinks of himself as the same army doctor. He is initially drawn to Sherlock because being with him brings back experiences from the war. You could almost say his past has made him who he is today… He needs evidence to believe, which is why he continues to ask Sherlock to Continue reading →

Stargirl: ENFP

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Stargirl, Jerry Spinelli

Dominant Ne: Stargirl is good at reading behind the lines to figure out people’s true motives, even when what they say contradicts that. She likes to pull connections between seemingly random things and has a million ideas about what she wants to do with her life. She comes up with Birthday Songs on her ukulele and finds out-of-the-box ways to Continue reading →

Peter Wiggin: ENTJ

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Ender’s Game Saga, Orson Scott Card

Peter Wiggin ENTJ | Ender's Game MBTI

Dominant Te: Peter is a long-term planner with a specific set of goals in view. Immediately upon figuring out what he wants, Peter devises steps to get what he wants and goes after it with precision. Peter has an incredible capacity to organize others to the actions that he desires accomplished. He doesn’t ever consider the prospect of failure and measures success by external, objective means. Continue reading →

Hamlet INTJ or INTP?

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“I saw that you changed Hamlet from an INTP to INTJ. I’m assuming there’s a reason for that?? Also, you said a lot of people type him as an INFP? Could you elaborate on why you’re against that? Could he perhaps be an INFJ?”

F vs T

Hamlet is the ultimate Elizabethan emo kid. He’s a teenager who suffers from an undiagnosed mental condition that affects his hormonal balance separately from his personality.

Inexperienced typers are often oblivious to the reality that depression is an illness, not a personality trait. As a result, most people assume that Hamlet is an F-type. However, one can be very logical (as Hamlet is) and yet have surging emotions as a result of depression.

My analysis of his Meyers-Briggs type Continue reading →