The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie The prime of miss Jean Brodie is a novella written by Muriel Spark 1961. This novela utilises an unsual structure‚ Muriel uses flashbacks and flashforwards to ehance the reader’s appreciation for the novela in a more style. Not only that but the use of flashforwards is an interesting device as it allows the reader to understand the consequences of the character’s actions. The story is based around a woman‚ Miss Jean Brodie who works at the Marcia Blaine School for
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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Muriel Spark The following entry presents criticism on Spark’s novel The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1961). For further information on her life and works‚ see CLC‚ Volumes 2‚ 3‚ 5‚ 8 and 18. One of Spark’s best-known and most critically acclaimed works‚ The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1961) centers on morality‚ manipulation‚ and betrayal at a school for girls in Edinburgh‚ Scotland‚ during the 1930s. Praised for its structural complexity‚ the novel juxtaposes past‚ present
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’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
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formal qualities in literature are a key aspect in contributing to the reader’s overall experience. E. M Forster has suggested that the generic structure of a novel should entail a beginning‚ middle and an end.2 In Muriel Spark’s novel ‘The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie’‚ the author has challenged this traditional format through illustrating events in an anachronical form and through the inclusion of a universal omniscient narrator‚ which has resulted in a build up of suspense‚ reinforced the novels thematic
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narrative technique of prolepsis (flash-forward). For example‚ the reader is aware early on that Miss Brodie is betrayed‚ though sequentially this happens at the end of their school years. Gradually Spark reveals the betrayer‚ and lastly all the details surrounding the event are told. Spark develops her characters in this way‚ too: Joyce Emily is introduced right away as the girl who is rejected from the Brodie set. With this technique‚ the narrator of the story is omniscient and timeless‚ relating the
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In The prime of Miss Jean Brodie‚ Muriel Spark uses certain narrative techniques which reflect the ways of manipulation used by the title character of her novel. On one hand‚ an omniscient third person narrator is a way for the reader to experience all the character ’s thoughts and views so that as the novel proceeds‚ the reader can observe the different views of Miss Jean Brodie by every girl from the set and analyze all the different aspects of Miss Brodie ’s character. On the other hand‚ the
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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Is Miss Jean Brodie a good teacher? Why or why not? 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
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Miss Brodie turns her young students into the Brodie set by picking out the girls that she believes will be the easiest to put her ideals on. She spoke to her classes about her travels and her men. The girls were treated to special treatment by her. "Miss Brodie’s special girls were taken home to tea and bidden not to tell the others‚ they were taken into her confidence‚ they understood her private life and her feud with the headmistress and the allies of the headmistress."(25) By taking the
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way for the reader to experience all the character’s thoughts and views. The narrator in "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" acts as a sort of fly on the wall‚ letting the reader observe the different situations surrounding each individual character. As the novel proceeds‚ the reader can then observe the different views of Miss Jean Brodie by every girl from the set. To tell the story of Miss Jean Brodie’s prime the reader simply cannot take a point of view from one source because each girl from the set
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"d MMM y" 13 Sep 2014 Miss Jean Brodie Essay on The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Miss Jean Brodie is the protagonist and a fictional character created by Muriel Spark in the novel The Prime of Miss Jeans Brodie. The book was published in 1961. Miss Brodie’s catchphrases have become clichés in English. She is also an idealistic character. She is influenced by many leaders. Miss Brodie has variety of characteristics which influence the book. In the novel‚ Miss Brodie is a teacher at Marcia Blaine’s
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