Jean Brodie in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

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fictional character literary character protagonist schoolteacher

Jean Brodie in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie is the charismatic, unorthodox Edinburgh schoolteacher at the center of Muriel Spark’s novel and its film adaptation, whose intense influence over her students raises complex questions about authority, loyalty, and individuality.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
protagonist ⓘ
schoolteacher ⓘ
admires Benito Mussolini ⓘ
Francisco Franco ⓘ
appearsIn The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie ⓘ
betrayedBy Sandy Stranger ⓘ
causeOfDismissal her political views ⓘ
her unorthodox teaching methods ⓘ
centralThemeRelation authority ⓘ
individuality ⓘ
loyalty ⓘ
characterTrait authoritarian ⓘ
charismatic ⓘ
idealistic ⓘ
manipulative ⓘ
narcissistic ⓘ
romantic ⓘ
unorthodox ⓘ
cityOfResidence Edinburgh ⓘ
countryOfResidence Scotland ⓘ
createdBy Muriel Spark ⓘ
downplays formal curriculum ⓘ
focusesOn art ⓘ
culture ⓘ
personal experiences ⓘ
formsGroup Brodie set ⓘ
fullName Jean Brodie ⓘ
hasStudent Eunice Gardiner ⓘ
Jenny Gray ⓘ
Mary Macgregor ⓘ
Monica Douglas ⓘ
Rose Stanley ⓘ
Sandy Stranger ⓘ
influences the Brodie set ⓘ
inspiredBy Edinburgh schoolteachers known to Muriel Spark ⓘ
narrativeFunction explores moral ambiguity of influence ⓘ
occupation schoolmistress ⓘ
teacher ⓘ
politicalSympathy fascism ⓘ
portrayedBy Maggie Smith ⓘ
portrayedIn The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie ⓘ
surface form: 1969 film adaptation The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
religion Presbyterian background ⓘ
romanticInvolvementWith Gordon Lowther ⓘ
Teddy Lloyd ⓘ
teachesAt Marcia Blaine School for Girls ⓘ
teachingStyle idiosyncratic ⓘ
nonconformist ⓘ
progressive ⓘ
timePeriod 1930s ⓘ

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Maggie Smith → role → Jean Brodie in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie ⓘ