Gríma Wormtongue Personality Type, MBTI
What is the personality type of Gríma Wormtongue? Which MBTI personality type best fits? Personality type for Gríma Wormtongue from Lord Of The Rings & The Hobbit and what is the personality traits.
INTP (3w4)
Gríma Wormtongue personality type is ENTP, and he is otherwise quite similar to the type. In a profile of Gríma, Tolkien wrote: "His dark hair and beard were like a gaunt raven's wing, and his eyes were of a cold grey. In a squalid way he was handsome." That's pretty much the same as the standard ENTP descriptions I see.
In contrast to the typical ENTP, however, Gríma has some obvious characteristics that are not shared by all other ENTPs, and which I'd like to discuss.
An interesting point about Gríma is his strong moral conscience. He is loyal to the King, and he feels shame at his role in overthrowing Théoden and assassinating Éowyn. He feels shame at betraying Wormtongue, and he expresses that shame to the King: "Your counsellor will bring you no more delight." He says, "I would sooner cut my own throat" than betray Théoden.
Gríma also has good judgement, and he makes highly considerate decisions.
Gríma, called Wormtongue, is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. He appears in the second and third volumes of the work, The Two Towers and The Return of the King, and his role is expanded in Unfinished Tales. He is introduced in The Two Towers as the chief advisor to King Théoden of Rohan and henchman of Saruman. Gríma serves as an archetypal sycophant, flatterer, liar, and manipulator, and is considered to be based by Tolkien on the untrustworthy character Unferth in Beowulf. The name Gríma derives from the Old English or Icelandic word meaning "mask", "helmet" or "spectre".
