Jean Brodie

Authority within social groups in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Muriel spark’s The Prime of miss Jean Brodie is a perfect representation of the influence of authority within social groups. The story follows a group of six girls, Sandy, Jenny, Rose, Mary, Eunice and Monica. These girls are led by the eccentric Miss Brodie at Blane’s School for Girls. Miss Brodie takes these girls under her wing, teaching them everything she can about life, but since they have been in this “set” (Spark 10) since they

'The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie unfolds several dimensions of the female role. Set in Edinburgh in the 1930s, we are presented with a protagonist whom is a striking female role model in her domineering, manipulating and sexual powers, powers which we see her use to obtain her desired plans for her 'Brodie set,' the 'creme de la creme.' We see Miss Brodie play a God like figure in the novel, leading, teaching and imposing her opinions on them in hopes they will become like her. She strongly echoes

Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, written by Muriel Spark, focuses on the importance of morality while showing the manipulation that occurs at an all girls school in Edinburgh, Scotland, in the 1930s. Jean Brodie doesn’t agree with many things such as the school curriculum and it is shown through her teaching and personal beliefs that lead to the novel's major theme of betrayal amongst the Brodie set, which leads to the current job as a teacher for Miss Brodie to be taken from her. Miss Brodie attempts to

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark Miss Brodie fails to be a good teacher because she teaches on her own accord, gives her students wrong impressions, and displays unprofessional behavior towards her staff and pupils. As a schoolteacher in Edinburgh during the 1930’s there were many rules and regulations that teachers had to adhere to in order to successfully feed the minds of their young pupils. Schoolteachers had more of a responsibility during this period than today because

Social Identity Theory and The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Muriel Spark presents several alarming issues in her novel, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. Throughout the novel Spark confronts readers with a teacher who oversteps her position through her attempts to control the lives and futures of a group of schoolgirls. Miss Jean Brodie supports the fascist agenda, washes her students thoughts with her own ideals, segregates her group of girls from the rest of the students in the Marcia Blaine School

Analysis of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodice by Muriel Spark “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie is a novel about a teacher’s dedication to her pupils. It is also about loyalty and betrayal.” The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie is a novel about a teacher’s dedication to her pupils. It is also about loyalty and betrayal. The novel emphasises the effects of dedication, loyalty and betrayal within a small group of people and the way in which they are all intertwined. It forces the reader to look at particular

Limiting Miss Jean Brodie: Queering Muriel Spark’s The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Jack Halberstam wrote, “Queer uses of time and space develop, at least in part, in opposition to the institutions of family, heterosexuality, and reproduction. They also develop according to other logics of location, movement, and identification. If we try to think about queerness as an outcome of strange temporalities, imaginative life schedules, and eccentric economic practices, we detach queerness from sexual identity”

view of a teacher, but cannot prevent itself from revealing another. The film will not be naturally interpreted in this way, and will be hailed in the latest of a series of sentimental portraits of great teacher, which include "The prime of Miss Jean Brodie and Mr. Holland's Opus". Both films are enjoyable, but none of them have the courage to risk into the tricky ethical situations of The Emperors's Club. The movie is too organize or methodical, but it doesn't avoid the hard question. Mr. Hundert

I don’t work at Marcia Blaine, and I’m not a teacher but one thing I do have in common with Miss Jean Brodie is I have my own little ‘Jenna Douglas’ set. Similar to the girls in the ‘Brodie set’, we look alike on the outside but on the inside we stand out from each other for having different strengths. When I look into the mirror I see an average teenage girl staring back at me who likes to spend her money on makeup and prefers to spend time with her friends over anything else. Due to being born

Prime of Miss Jean Brodie” is control. In The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Spark depicts the negative influence Miss Brodie has on the girls dubbed the Brodie set. A specific scene in which Miss Brodie has a negative influence on the girls is academically when Mary Mcgregor goes to sign up for the classical side, when she does not have the grades. “Why do you want so much to go on the classical side, Mary? You aren’t cut out for it. Don’t your parents realize that?” she replied “Miss Brodie prefers it”