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Shakespearean Characters

paintmuffin

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There's been a lot of debate over Shakespeare's type and a lot of obsessing over his work on this forum. But has anyone bothered trying to type his characters? I mean, I haven't read enough Shakespeare to contribute myself.... I was just wondering.

Forgive me if this thread already exists.
 

paintmuffin

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Really, guys? No Shakespeare readers? Fine, I will try to start.
Macbeth - ESFJ
Lady Macbeth - INTJ
..............
GO! CHALLENGE THIS!
 

Litvyak

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Caliban - iSTP
Prospero - INFJ
Gonzalo - ENFJ
Stephano - EStP
Miranda - ISFJ
 

matmos

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Shakespeare was a thief. So was Stoppard. Who had the best steal.

Stoppard.
 

Z Buck McFate

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Shakespeare was a thief. So was Stoppard. Who had the best steal.

Stoppard.

Maybe Tim Roth's character was INTJ, but I think Gary Oldman's character was INFP. (I can never remember which one is actually R or G.)

But enough about Stoppard.
 
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matmos

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The subject is Shakespeare's characters. Shakespeare is therefore incidental. As is Stoppard... ;)

No. Oldman plays an INTJ.
 

Rhapsody

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It's been a long time since I've read any Shakespeare, so these are all super tentative ...

Romeo - ESFP
Juliet - ISFP
Mercutio - ENTP
Tybalt - ESTP

Hamlet - INFP
Claudius - ENTJ
Gertrude - ISFJ
Laertes - ESTP
Ophelia - IsFJ

Puck - ENTP
 

onemoretime

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Laertes = ESFP. "To thine own self be true" is a concept wholly unfamiliar to ExTPs, particularly ESTPs, given Se and Fe.

Just watched Merchant of Venice for class, so here's my go:

Antonio: INFJ
Bassanio: ENFP
Portia: ENTP
Nerissa: INTP
Lorenzo: ESTP
Shylock: ISFJ
Jessica: ENTJ
 

Speed Gavroche

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Mercutio= ENTP

Hamlet= INFP?
Othello= ISTJ?
 

onemoretime

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Wow! Can you explain this one?

Yup. His entire motivation is the lifetime of shit that he's received for being Jewish. That his contract be honored is more a combination of Si (it is right that contracts be enforced) and Fe (you have treated me wrongly my entire life, so I will do the same to you). Also, his anguish at losing his daughter, along with the callousness of her selling the ring, wouldn't have arisen so emphatically from a Te user (who would have gone after her)
 
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