ENTP 7w6 Characters
Dominant Extroverted Intuition—chasing after idealistic possibilities, conjuring up theories, and focusing on what’s happening in the bigger picture: Arthur is an expert at world manipulation, wordplay, and seeing the world through its unusual and sarcastic connections (“My dear father, when one pays a visit, it is for wasting another person’s time, not one’s own”). Arthur’s indecisive, open-natured behavior and completely irreverent attitude toward life (“I love talking about nothing. It’s the only thing I know anything about”) drives his father insane. Beyond his general attitude of silliness, Arthur has remarkable insights into other people. He reads them expertly and knows how they think and how to appeal to them on a basic level. He follows possibilities as they emerge and does not put all his faith in any single one idea, but shifts his perceptions, his ideas, and his liberty, as new and interesting thoughts come to him. “I always pass on good advice,” he tells Mable, since that’s the only thing to do with it.
Auxiliary Introverted Thinking—looking for loopholes to exploit existing systems, and a desire for logical consistency: He has an ironic sense of humor and is more interested in stripping a word or concept down to analyze its meaning than he is in implementing it; which means he spends a lot of time thinking, but not much time doing anything other than engaging others in debate. When presented with a major problem, Arthur takes it apart to understand how it works, then puts it back together again. He’s good at it, but nearly ruins his marital prospects because…
Tertiary Extroverted Feeling—gauging the emotional environment with a desire to influence it in their favor and being out of touch with their true feelings: … his desire to protect Gertrude’s reputation overrules his own feelings. Arthur has no moral system of his own; his values change depending on the opportunities of the current situation. He is warm and charming to other people, easily able to get what he wants (but not always), but his lack of fixed morals on what he will and will not do entices him to wager his bachelorhood on the outcome of a speech in Parliament, encourage Gertrude to lie rather than tell the truth, and even congratulate Robert on insider trading.
Inferior Introverted Sensing—skewed sentimentality toward particular items or beliefs, a loss of details: Arthur keeps no routines, nor has much interest in the past, although his feelings for Laura reignite from an old love affair when he sees her again. He gets himself into trouble by neglecting the details of the situation and not looking behind closed doors. He can find a contradiction in any statement or individual.
Enneagram: 7w6
Enneagram 7—a playful and quick-witted optimist who stays in constant motion and is always looking to the future: Arthur is a womanizer who falls in and out of love easily, who has never followed through on a commitment in his life, and who devotes himself entirely to pleasure, amusement, and being entertained. He does not like to ponder the realities of life (he’s 36 and needs a wife) instead focusing on developing his sharp wit and cutting insights. He’s so flippant about everything, he barters his own potential marital freedom on betting that Robert will do the right thing.
6 wing brings in a desire for a solid support system and occasional self-doubts: He is loyal to his friends —able to assess them objectively and point out their flaws, but never without a smile to reassure them he’s not THAT serious about it. He occasionally takes a harsh view of other people’s nasty little plots (moving to 1 under stress) but never stays there long.
