ESFP 3w2 Characters

The movie only briefly touches on this, but Joseph is better at far more than just being a violinist – in real life, he excelled in a number of physical sports, from fencing to dancing, but the movie highlights mostly his talents with a blade, his extreme ease and talent for music and composition, and his tendency toward high living and excesses (his multiple affairs and enjoyment of parties, his excitement of being the center of attention, etc). Chevalier is very tangible in his music and wants to impress with it, choosing the right people for his opera, and making it a visual spectacular. He is talented in music and can play multiple instruments, but also tends to live and make his decisions from the heat of the moment and often based on his emotional reaction. He pursues another man’s wife regardless to the risk of his own welfare, because he has fallen in love with her. Others warn him against this, but he continues to live with her in secret throughout preparing his opera. He turns against Marie Antoinette and confronts her in a drunken rage at an after-party for her new master of the opera. He challenges that man to a musical contest for the position. Chevalier faces down an armed gunman and challenges him silently from the stage, after he has defied the queen. In all of these instances, he is making a moral and emotional stand based on his inner truth. This also shows in how resistant he is toward his Black culture, until the loss of his son (a situation over which he had no control) changed his mind about fighting for social equality and welfare, since he now saw how much it directly affected his lack of rights. Fi’s have to personally connect to things to feel aggressive about them. He shows logic in his mastery of his emotions (he can repress them when necessary to get things done, present his opera, and get along with his racist classmates as a youth), and also hints of low intuition in his singular focus with his opera (his specific ideas of what he wants for it, and who should be in it).

Enneagram: 3w2

Joseph is accused by other characters of being “too ambitious” and “arrogant.” Indeed, his opening scene is interrupting Mozart’s violin performance and offering to play with him, then stealing the spotlight from him. He goes on to aggressively self-promote his work, desiring the top spot at the opera house as its esteemed operator and composer. He assumes he will win the contest and wants only the ‘best’ for his performances. Joseph adapts himself to the culture around him to more readily appeal, and is assertive in how he deals with others – from refusing a singer who wants to bed him (she is not to his taste) to telling off Marie Antionette in public. He has given up certain aspects of his Black identity, such as telling his mother that he will never incorporate any of her Black music into his compositions, because it’s not suitable to the French aristocracy; but over time, he becomes more open and willing to embrace his history and is less inclined to over-adapt in order to impress those around him. His wing is less obvious, but I don’t see any of the over-emphasis on being broken of the 4; he is more generally acceptable, desirable, and amiable in how he moves toward others, and doesn’t show a particularly elitist streak with his music. He wants it made widely available (“charge a reasonable price, and give the profits to the poor”), showing a 2ish tendency toward generosity in specific ways and within his means.