Miss Brodie shows the girls here that all adults need not be the same, that they can take exciting, life-enlarging paths that conflict with social convention and propriety. Indeed, we might agree that Goodness, Truth, and Beauty are loftier, more transfiguring ideals than safety. However, it is precisely Miss Brodie’s disregard for safety which results, if only indirectly, in the death of Joyce Emily years later.