Professor Friedrich Bhaer Personality Type, MBTI
What is the personality type of Professor Friedrich Bhaer? Which MBTI personality type best fits? Personality type for Professor Friedrich Bhaer from Little Women and what is the personality traits.
INFJ (9w1)
Professor Friedrich Bhaer personality type is INFJ, which makes him a very complex character. He is described as similar to the characters in the play The Tempest, for being “a man who does not love, but who lives in love.” He is described as being “the soul of the home”, but he isn’t an active participant in that role. He is also described as being “a man who does not think, but who feels.” He is described as someone who “loves like a saint and thinks like an engineer.” He is described as having “a warm heart and a gentle smile,” but he is also described as being “the sternest of taskmasters.” He is described as having “a sting like a wasp and a heart like an angel.” He is described as having “a heart like a lump of gold,” while at the same time he is described as being “the most obstinate of men.” Bhaer is described as having “the sweetest temper in the world,” while at the same time he is described as being “the most difficult of mortals to deal with.”
A middle-aged, "philosophically inclined", and penniless German immigrant in New York City who had been a noted professor in Berlin. Also known as Fritz, he initially lives in Mrs. Kirke's boarding house and works as a language master. He and Jo become friends, and he critiques her writing. He encourages her to become a serious writer instead of writing sensational stories for weekly tabloids. "Bhaer has all the qualities Bronson Alcott lacked: warmth, intimacy, and a tender capacity for expressing his affection—the feminine attributes Alcott admired and hoped men could acquire in a rational, feminist world." They eventually marry and raise his two orphaned nephews, Franz and Emil, and their own sons, Rob and Ted.
