The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

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Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6

Themes

All Themes Authority and Social Groups Education vs. Intrusion Sexuality, One’s Prime, and Spinsterhood Religion, Predestination, and Narrative Structure Insight, Instinct, and Transfiguration

Quotes

Characters

All Characters Miss Jean Brodie Sandy Stranger Rose Stanley Mary Macgregor Jenny Gray Eunice Gardiner Mr. Teddy Lloyd Mr. Gordon Lowther Miss Mackay Miss Lockhart Joyce Emily Hammond Miss Ellen and Alison Kerr Miss Gaunt Hugh

Symbols

All Symbols Mr. Teddy Lloyd’s Portraits “The Transfiguration of the Commonplace”

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Introduction

Plot Summary

Detailed Summary
& Analysis

Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6

Themes

All Themes
Authority and Social Groups
Education vs. Intrusion
Sexuality, One’s Prime, and Spinsterhood
Religion, Predestination, and Narrative Structure
Insight, Instinct, and Transfiguration

Quotes

Characters

All Characters
Miss Jean Brodie
Sandy Stranger
Rose Stanley
Mary Macgregor
Jenny Gray
Eunice Gardiner
Mr. Teddy Lloyd
Mr. Gordon Lowther
Miss Mackay
Miss Lockhart
Joyce Emily Hammond
Miss Ellen and Alison Kerr
Miss Gaunt
Hugh

Symbols

All Symbols
Mr. Teddy Lloyd’s Portraits
“The Transfiguration of the Commonplace”

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