DREAMER

Persona (Characteristics)

- Passionate and devoted to a person, dream, art or idea
- Unbridled and outlandish exuberance towards life or something/ someone in her life
- Exuberance manifests as affection and appreciation towards the Object of her dream/ love
- Follows her heart, not her head
- Optimistic, idealistic, excited, feels things deeply
- Playful, fun-loving, acts on a whim, stops to smell the roses
- Lives for the attention/ good will of the Object, whether it be successful artistic expression or  requited love of a romantic interest
- Draws inner strength from her passion and devotion, which emboldens her to be true to herself ​
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Shadow (Dark side)

- Passion and devotion is all-consuming, to the detriment of all areas of her life
- No sense or sensibility, leading to ill-conceived, flighty decision-making
- No practicality, pragmatism or street smarts 
- Won't listen to the advice offered by others, even if the Object of her passions is harmful 
- Do-or-die/ all-or-nothing/ black-or-white/ in-or-out mentality
- Entire sense of self-worth is determined by the good favor of the Object, which may be capricious
​- Emotional well-being is likewise determined
- May lash out towards herself or others if that good favor goes ill ​

Examples

Harry Potter: ​Luna Lovegood, Xenophilius Lovegood
Film/ TV: Frida Kahlo in Frida; J.M.W. Turner in Turner; ​Lili Elbe in The Danish Girl; Jack in Titanic 
Shakespeare: Romeo, Juliet; Antipholus of Syracuse from The Comedy of Errors; Orlando from As You Like It; Bottom and Helena from A Midsummer Night's Dream ​

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