Functional Order: Si/Fe/Ti/Ne
Dominant Function: Si
Iris is haunted by her past. She is forever poundering about the death of her younger sister and her fails marriage and only can find peace, after having written down her past experiences and heartbreaks. She is realistic, grounded and somewhat cynical, functioning as a foil to Laura‘s more idealistic personality.
Auxiliary Function: Fe
Unlike Laura, Iris is ready and happy to do what is expected from her as a woman. She wants to marry a husband, life a high society life and fulfill her motherly duties. Even when she is forced to marry a man she doesn’t love, she still represses her own sadness and frustration for the sake of keeping her family happy. Still things go terribly wrong, when her husband betrays her and abuses her younger sister. Iris becomes furious and openly expresses her long guarded feelings of hatred and anger from him, finally divorcing her husband after years of unhappiness. She also has an affair during her marriage, which she is free to express her true feelings, something she needs to do under all costs.
Tertiary Function: Ti
Even as an old lady Iris is known for being sharp minded and a quick thinker. She isn‘t easily fooled by any one and highly critical of herself and those around her. She easily sees the contradictions in what people say and what they actually do. This also helps her pointing out the hypocrisy of Winifried and Richard, but she rarely does voice her insights out of fear of acting socially inappropriate (Fe).
Inferior Function: Ne
Iris struggles with change. She dislikes the idea of losing their own family home and is quite uncomfortable about her sister making friends with a revolutionary until she gets to know him better. Still she is secretly more rebellious and open minded than she lets on. Her hidden affair, shows her secret romantic side, but as her hopes for romance and adventure are crushed, she quickly becomes more cynical than ever before.