Barbara Covett

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Barbara Covett is a lonely, manipulative schoolteacher whose obsessive fixation on a colleague drives the psychological drama of "Notes on a Scandal."

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Barbara Covett canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
adaptedAsCharacterIn 2006 film Notes on a Scandal
linked to: Notes on a Scandal
ageGroup middle-aged
appearsIn Notes on a Scandal
Notes on a Scandal: What Was She Thinking?
linked to: Notes on a Scandal
associatedWithTheme moral hypocrisy
power dynamics in relationships
social isolation
conflictWith Sheba Hart
createdBy Zoë Heller
emotionalDependenceOn Sheba Hart
firstAppearance novel Notes on a Scandal: What Was She Thinking?
linked to: Notes on a Scandal
fixationOn Sheba Hart
gender female
keeps personal diary
literaryGenreContext domestic drama
psychological thriller
manipulates Sheba Hart
medium film
novel
narrates events of Sheba Hart's affair
narrativeRole protagonist
unreliable narrator
nationality British
notableFor intense internal monologue
manipulative behavior
sharp, judgmental observations of others
occupation schoolteacher
personalityTrait lonely
manipulative
obsessive
petOwnership cat
portrayedBy Judi Dench
relationshipToWork central character in Notes on a Scandal
setting London
linked to: London, England
sexualOrientation repressed lesbian
teachesSubject history
themeInvolvement betrayal
loneliness
obsession
psychological drama
uses diary as narrative device
worksAt state secondary school in London

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Notes on a Scandal mainCharacter Barbara Covett