Jean Brodie

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Jean Brodie is a charismatic and unorthodox schoolteacher in 1930s Edinburgh whose strong influence over her select group of students drives the central drama of the story.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
adaptedAsCharacterIn 1969 film The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
stage play The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
admires Benito Mussolini
Francisco Franco
appearsInMedium novel
associatedWithTheme charismatic authority
moral responsibility
political indoctrination
betrayedBy Sandy Stranger
centralThemeIn betrayal
coming of age
teacher–student influence
characterIn The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
countryOfWork Scotland
United Kingdom
createdBy Muriel Spark
familyName Brodie
fullName Jean Brodie
gender female
givenName Jean
hasConflictWith Miss Mackay
school administration
hasGroup the Brodie set
ideology fascist sympathies
influences the Brodie set
literaryGenre modernist fiction
narrativeRole protagonist
title character
occupation schoolteacher
teacher
personalityTrait charismatic
domineering
idealistic
manipulative
unorthodox
portrayedBy Geraldine McEwan
Maggie Smith
Vanessa Redgrave
settingOfLife Edinburgh
interwar period
teachesAt Marcia Blaine School for Girls
teachesSubject art appreciation
history
timePeriod 1930s
workLocation Edinburgh

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Jean Brodie fullName Jean Brodie