Louisa May Alcott’s novels are filled with warm, relatable characters who navigate family, ambition, and personal growth. From the March sisters of Little Women to her lesser-known heroines, her figures embody resilience, creativity, and heart. This page features MBTI and Enneagram analyses of Louisa May Alcott characters, exploring the psychology that makes them timeless.
ISFP 4w5 Characters Laurie is socially awkward and often expresses himself without censorship (“Should I put on my jacket? I don’t know the rules”); when upset to see Meg ‘powdered and squeezed like a fashion plate,’ he makes sharp remarks…
ENFJ 1w2 Characters Marmie has a gentle way of correcting her children, but also tends to nudge them toward the direction she wants them to go – gently moralizing at them when they step out of line. She’s appropriate with…
INFJ 9w1 Characters Frederick believes Jo should have a singular purpose, and not waste her literary talent in writing things which are ‘not from the heart’; much like Marmee, he sees how she could be ‘so much more than this,’…
ENFP 8w7 Characters Jo wants to become a writer more than anything else, and puts all her time, focus, and attention toward pursuing that goal. She has no interest in the domestic things that interest her sisters (such as finding…
ESFJ 2w3 Characters Meg, out of all her sisters, is most concerned with social appropriateness and the most easily influenced by the people around her – we first meet her purchasing fabric she cannot afford, in order to impress one…
ISFJ 9w1 Characters Beth is the most reluctant of the March sisters to see things “change.” She upholds her routine out of childhood into her illness, of playing her piano, of dressing and undressing her dolls, of lining them up,…
ESFP 3w4 Characters Amy is a highly extroverted girl, eager to interact with the outside world. She is a painter and artist who notices things about others and includes them in her work. She constantly compares herself to others, and…