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A 12 page research paper that examines Muriel Spark's The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. The writer argues that, ultimately, , the reader comes to see that Brodie is a romantic egotist who has a tendency to shape the world to fit her perceptions of how things ought to be. She is also a 'monster' because she endeavors to shape her students into appendages of her own personality, even leading their actions so she can live out experiences vicariously through them, experiences that express her own thwarted desires. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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with "awe, fear and charisma" (Noffsinger 98). Ultimately, the reader comes to see that Brodie is a romantic egotist who has a tendency to shape the world to fit her
perceptions of how things ought to be. She is also a "monster" because she endeavors to shape her students into appendages of her own personality, even leading their actions so
she can live out experiences vicariously through them, experiences that express her own thwarted desires (Noffsinger 98). A defining characteristic of fascism is that fascists consider all other peoples inferior
to those of their own national group. As one of her "girls" later observes to the headmistress, Miss Brodie is a "born Fascist" (Spark 182). She believes firmly in her
own moral and intellectual superiority. Therefore, it is not surprising that she is drawn toward an ideology that promotes the rule of a privileged sect over the so-called "inferior"
peoples of the world, which in Miss Brodies view is everyone else outside of her chosen circle. Another aspect of Miss Brodies philosophy that runs along fascist lines is
that she has no problem with being a dictator of thoughts, religion, morals and discernment to the girls under her charge. Since Miss Brodie believes firmly in her own superiority,
which she frequently refers to as her "prime," she does not hesitate to use her influence to try to control the girls lives. An examination of this text reveals the
myriad ways in which Miss Brodies political philosophy impacted her teaching and also the ways in which she used manipulation in order to use her students for her own personal
satisfaction rather then to enable them as individuals. Plot Synopsis Miss Jean Brodie, who is employed at the Marcia Blaine School for Girls. Miss Brodie dedicates the years of
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