The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
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All Themes Authority and Social Groups Education vs. Intrusion Sexuality, One’s Prime, and Spinsterhood Religion, Predestination, and Narrative Structure Insight, Instinct, and Transfiguration
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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
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All Symbols Mr. Teddy Lloyd’s Portraits “The Transfiguration of the Commonplace”
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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

by

Muriel Spark

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Mr. Teddy Lloyd’s Portraits

Mr. Teddy Lloyd, the married man who loves and is loved by Miss Jean Brodie, shares her artistic nature. Not only is he the art teacher at Blaine, but he is also a… read analysis of Mr. Teddy Lloyd’s Portraits

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“The Transfiguration of the Commonplace”

"The Transfiguration of the Commonplace" is the title of the psychological treatise Sandy publishes, a work that symbolizes Miss Brodie's ambivalent influence on her girls and on Sandy in particular. The idea of "transfiguring the… read analysis of “The Transfiguration of the Commonplace”

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