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 ⓘ