The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
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- The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
- Themes
- loss of innocence
- abuse of power
- betrayal
- fascism
- calvanism
- catholisism
- jealousy
- Misstrust
- quotes
- "Give me a girl at an impressionable age and she is mine for life"
- "It occured to sandy, there at the end of middle meadow walk, that the Brodie set were indeed Miss Brodies fascisti"
- "She think she is providence she thinks she is the God of Calvin"
- "there was a Miss Jean Brodie in her prime"
- "Sometimes I regret urging young Joyce Emily Hammond to fight for Franco"
- "I'm not interested in world affairs, only in putting an end to Miss Brodie"
- "creme de la creme"
- "I believe I am past my prime"
- "One day Sandy you will go to far"
- "From what you tell me I may believe that Rose and Mr Lloyd will soon be lovers"
- "Teddy Lloyd and I were in love but I renounced his love in order to dedicate my prime to the girls in my care"
- Narration
- Narration done by Sandy for the most part
- However Sandy is an unreliable narrator as it is only her eyes we see events from
- Because we see events through her eyes it emphases the important of her small eyes
- Although they are small the see a great deal as sandy "has insight"
- However Sandy is an unreliable narrator as it is only her eyes we see events from
- Although they are small the see a great deal as sandy "has insight"
- We never see Miss Bordie's POV. This is deliberate as Spark doesn't want us to like Miss Brodie or feel sympathy for her
- Spark's way of getting us to dislike Miss Brodie
- This is so she can manipulate the readers into developing certain feelings for characters as she can control what they see when
- Spark's way of getting us to dislike Miss Brodie
- Narration done by Sandy for the most part
- Structure
- Spark uses flash forwards and plash backs
- This is so she can manipulate the readers into developing certain feelings for characters as she can control what they see when
- Spark uses repetition effectively in the novel
- This repetition is used by fascist dictators during propaganda
- Spark wants to brainwash the readers the same way Miss brodie brain washed her set
- This repetition is used by fascist dictators during propaganda
- Spark uses flash forwards and plash backs
- Themes
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