The Personality according to C.G. Jung and Shakespeare Carl Jung, about three hundred years after Shakespeare, formulated a theory of the human personality in which he speculated that an individual is made up of four distinct but related aspects. The personality is composed of: 1- intellect 2- emotion 3- sensation (the physical aspects of life such as sex, gluttony, drinking etc.) 4- intuition-- the ability to "intuit" or reach decisions or analyze situations based upon an inherent knowledge or sense of what is right or wrong. ie-- "woman's intuition" All four of these aspects should be in balance in an individual. If they are then the person is said to be INDIVIDUATED. Psychoses etc. are produced when one of these aspects dominates and blocks the others. For example, Hamlet is intellect. He is unable to act because his intellect dulls his emotion, which is a necessary part of seeking revenge. Laertes is sensation mostly. He is known for his lecherous and carefree life in Paris and seeks instantly to kill any one who has caused him pain or grief. Emotion plays a large part, but intuition and intellect are not parts of his personality. Ophelia is primarily emotion and when she is spurned, she is unable to cope on an intellectual level and goes insane. Analyze the characters on this basis. As well, attempt to figure out how each of the following balance or mirror Hamlet: Horatio (is he individuated?) Claudius Polonius Laertes Gertrude Fortinbras