Princess Margaret MBTI Personality Type
Personality
What personality type is Princess Margaret? Princess Margaret is an ESFP personality type in MBTI, 3w4 - sx/so - 378 in Enneagram, SLUEN in Big 5, SEE in Socionics.
Margaret is a Sexual E4. (1/4) Before explaining why this type best fits her character, we need first define what that character is. The core role she plays in the narrative is that of an individual who feels overlooked, unapreciated, put aside and detrimented in favor of The Crown, which lies on the head of a sister who she chronically envies. This, added to her numerous romantic frustrations, make her a rebellious person, whose lack of recognition leads her to seek that love in the haughty superiority of her position and in the histrionic charisma through which she seduces others. It's as if the devaluation and injustice she has suffered entitles her to follow her whims as a way of "fighting back", look down on others, and go agaist the system that has hurt her time and time again, making her unconventional even in the pursuit of personal realization, as seen when she speaks about being okay with the unhappiness of her marriage since contempt is so boring and overdone, and they wouldn't have it any other way; also when Roddy says her most beautiful feature is her smile and she replies: "I've forgotten how"; or when she repeatedly remarks how "happiness has been an elusive creature to her". This purposeful dwelling in unhappiness and almost fetishization of frustration, pain and dissatisfaction is extremely akin to E4, and so is that vengefulness and individualistic streak. However, deep down she is still driven by a need to be seen and loved. A moment that is very representative of her Four-ness is when her soon-to-be-husband asks her to promise not to bore him, to which she replies: "Only if you promise me something else... not to hurt me". Though a need to regain one's sense of worth in the eye of others is an issue present in E3, it is accomplished, in this Enneatype, in a much more practical and achievement-oriented manner, which relies heavily on aspects that Margaret most lacks: self-control, deafening to one's individuality, and shutting down of one's emotions. «In Ennea-type III ... the person mobilizes herself to "prove" objectively her value, through an active implementation of the self-image in the face of a generalized other. This leads to an energetic pursuit of achievement and good form as defined by quantitative or generally accepted standards.» — C. Naranjo; Character and Neurosis (pg. 200) Let's break this down. What does it mean to "prove one's value objectively"? Well, the objective, as opposed to the subjective, is what correlates to the object rather than the subject — the external rather than internal. What that means is one will approach their value not as pertaining to oneself, but rather to external measurements and parameters of "value", that comprise the idealized self-image E3 presents. These parameters, in turn, will be defined by one's surroundings, the external expectations and the impersonal values that determine worth, which can either be quantitative values (e.g. numbers, statistics, measurements) or generally accepted values (e.g. group rationale, collective ethics, societal standards). Now, were Margaret an E3, her need to be worthy would push her towards achieving the ideal that her family and institution value. She would comply to the system, navigate her way in it, be a model royal. Be ideal. It would drive her to excel in meeting others' expectations and living up to that ideal, completely identifying with her role. «Central to type III is identification with an ideal self-image built as a response to the expectations of others, and thus we may assume that in early life this involved identification with parental wishes, values, and behaviors.» — C. Naranjo; Character and Neurosis (pg. 215) Margaret, however, is an emotional, passionate, individualistic and rebellious individual, with imense issues with responsibly fulfilling her role and great reluctance to set aside her subjectivity for the sake of The Crown. Not only that, but fundamentally what drives her character in the story is clearly Envy, and a sense of being empty, frustrated and deprived of her needs, be it emotional, relational or even existential. (Continued in replies).
Biography
Elizabeth's younger sister. More vivacious, modern and charismatic than Elizabeth, she resents living in her sister's shadow, but her own arrogance and wilful sense of independence creates just as many problems for Elizabeth.
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