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(Points towards P, but he had just moved into his new house at this point, so some<br />
disorganization would be expected. And after all, it was orderly disorder.)<br />
• The books were of the most varied kind, history, geography, politics, political economy,<br />
botany, geology, law, all relating to England and English life and customs and manners<br />
[emphasis mine].” (NTPs tend to study a wide variety of subjects while NTJs tend to focus<br />
strongly on one field of interest. But one might argue that the field of interest here is<br />
England itself.)<br />
• “...there was no branch of knowledge of his time that he [Dracula] did not essay.” (Again,<br />
argues more for NTP diffusion rather than NTJ focus, though NTJs will soak up all kinds of<br />
knowledge too.)<br />
• Called a mirror “a foul bauble of man’s vanity” (NTP disregard for appearance favored over<br />
NTJ neatness, though of course this was primarily an excuse to get rid of the mirror for<br />
obvious reasons. But then again, perhaps this is the kind of excuse that an NTP is more<br />
likely to think of than an NTJ? Dracula also went to bed in his coffin with flesh blood<br />
trickling down the side of his face and neck. He had rank breath too, but since vampires<br />
don’t eat or smoke, they probably can’t chew breath mints either. And he did eventually<br />
wash the blood off. Poor hygiene is more of a P thing than a J thing.)<br />
• Didn't keep his castle clean or in good order. (P)<br />
Conclusion<br />
What can we make of this jumble of evidence? We know Dracula is a Rational, and most probably<br />
an INTJ. That facts that do exist can be interpreted in multiple ways; if we choose to take Dracula<br />
at his word, then he is an I; if we choose to give attention to his glib ability to talk for hours on end,<br />
then E fits better. He has many characteristics of Judging and some of Perceiving, and there are<br />
confounding factors which make it difficult to say whether or not we are seeing true evidence of his<br />
original preferences. The best conclusion we can make is that it is probable that Dracula was an<br />
INTJ.<br />
Bram Stoker, who wrote Dracula, was also a Rational.<br />
Now consider the fact that Mary Shelly, who wrote Frankenstein, was also an NT. In her book, Dr.<br />
Frankenstein was an INTP and his monster was an NT.<br />
Scary.
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