Margot


 * **Character Name** || Margot ||
 * **Role in Plot** || Margot, the sister of the unnamed narrator, is the god-sister (her mother, Luisa Santiaga, is Santiago’s godmother and namesake) of Santiago Nasar and invites him to breakfast almost immediately before he is murdered. Margot, who also got up early on the day of Santiago’s death to greet the bishop down at the dock, met Santiago at the pier and “found him in a good mood”. She felt a sudden attraction for him and realized that “there couldn’t have been a better catch than [Santiago]”. Strangely, she is one of the only people unaware of the Vicario brothers’ scheme to murder Santiago and does not find out until it’s too late. ||
 * **Significance of Name in Work** || **MARGOT:** “Margot” is said to have derived from the Greek word meaning "pearl" or "precious one" and is also the short form of the French name "Marguerite". The Greek word “margarites” may have originated from a Persian word that means "child of light", perhaps from a belief that a pearl is a drop of dew that has been changed from the moonlight.


 * ANALYSIS:** The allusion to pearls gives the name "Margot" a precious and valuable connotation, and although we are not provided with in-depth insight of Margot's personality and nature, many assumptions can be gleaned from her actions and her name. Although Margot was seemingly unaware of Santiago's imminent death, she claims that had she known, she "would have taken him home with [her] even if [she] had to hog-tie him", an action that nobody had been capable of carrying out. Indeed, Margot is one of the few characters -if not the only person- that displays any grief towards Santiago's murder. ||
 * **Student's Name** || Alexandria Sheng ||