Oscar Wilde’s characters sparkle with wit, charm, and biting social commentary. From The Picture of Dorian Gray to his comedies of manners, Wilde’s creations reveal vanity, morality, and the absurdities of high society. Here you’ll find MBTI and Enneagram analyses of Oscar Wilde characters, uncovering the psychology behind his satirical brilliance.
ENFJ 3w2 Characters Dominant Extroverted Feeling—ease of emotional communication and shaping their actions around how their decisions affect others: His concern is so immense for what Gertrude thinks of him Robert will compromise his moral values and support the scheme…
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…
ENFP 7w6 Characters Dominant Extroverted Intuition – chasing after idealistic possibilities, conjuring up theories, and in seeing connections between unrelated ideas: Mabel is always up for a bit of nonsense, and has a witty and clever mind inclined toward puns,…
ESFP 2w3 Characters Laura is an opportunist whose reckless throwing in with questionable schemes lands in her hot water. On a whim, she plans to blackmail a public official and then, when enticed into a wager with Arthur, risks everything…
INFJ 1w9 Characters Gertrude has an idealized view of her husband as the perfect husband, Parliamentary man, and role model. She has, in some ways, reduced him to a symbol of everything that is appropriate, honorable, and right about Victorian…
ESFP 3w2 Characters Dorian starts out eager to experience the world and make friends in it, but also a moralistic young man who doesn’t want to see anything bad and who argues with his friend Henry about doing what’s right,…
ENTP 7w8 Characters Henry believes in a philosophy of vice, over-indulgence, and excess, and uses that to define all of his decisions. He sees no point in not taking advantage of situations, and sees in Dorian much potential for corruption.…