Margot

Character’s Name: || Margot || Role in Novel: || Margot is the sister of the unnamed narrator and trough her few and infrequent appearances throughout the novel she can be identified as a somewhat trivial character. She has, overall, two main purposes in the novel. First, she connects Santiago Nasar to his godmother; she is the one who tells Luisa Santiaga (Nasar’s Godmother) that the Vicario brothers are planning to kill Santiago Nasar. In actuality Santiaga has certain powers of “divination” which means that Margot only tells her half the story before she figures out the rest. Margot’s second purpose in the novel is less easily defined or explained. The novel surrounds the murder of Santiago Nasar and involves countless characters who claim their innocence or ignorance. The narrator is, perhaps, trying to divine whether Santiago Nasar actually was innocent. Margot’s purpose, therefore, is to add another story, another perspective, to the mass of complicated information surrounding Santiago Nasar’s murder. || Significance of Name: || Margot is another name for Margaret, which, through the Greek root //margarites// means pearl. The name Margot itself does not appear in any religious texts in any meaningful way but Margaret does. The closest religious (Christian) tie is to Margaret the Virgin, also known as Margaret of Antioch who is celebrated as a Saint by Roman Catholic church. Perhaps Margot, as a saint was supposed to help Santiago Nasar and prevent the murder but failed, due to ignorance. The religious tie is confirmed when Margot “felt the angel pass” alluding to the angel of death coming to claim Nasar; all of this pointing to Margot’s “divine” powers. || || Note: no last name is given; she is simply referred to as Margot. ||