Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
What does this mean
If this might be in the wrong section, then I appologize
anyways, I just finished reading "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie," and I was wondering someone could help explain the following quote to me. It's been bugging me for the last 2 days
"it's only possible to betray where loyalty is due"
This basically the text aroung the quote:
Monica came again. "Before she died," she said, "Miss Brodie thought it was you who betrayed her." "It's only possible to betray where loyalty is due," said Sandy. "Well, wasn't it due to Miss Brodie?" "Only up to a point." said Sandy
thanks
anyways, I just finished reading "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie," and I was wondering someone could help explain the following quote to me. It's been bugging me for the last 2 days
"it's only possible to betray where loyalty is due"
This basically the text aroung the quote:
Monica came again. "Before she died," she said, "Miss Brodie thought it was you who betrayed her." "It's only possible to betray where loyalty is due," said Sandy. "Well, wasn't it due to Miss Brodie?" "Only up to a point." said Sandy
thanks
Top answer
Betray means be false or disloyal to . Therefore, if you are not loyal to someone in the first place, then strictly speaking, you cannot 'betray' him/her.
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Betray means be false or disloyal to. Therefore, if you are not loyal to someone in the first place, then strictly speaking, you cannot 'betray' him/her.
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