Margot Tanenbaum

I believe that Margot Tannenbaum is the most interesting character in the movie. When they showed her as a child she had the most depth...she was adopted, and her father never let her forget that. She had talent writing plays, yet the lack of support from her family discouraged her. Margot is a very secretive character all the way up until she becomes an adult. She hides that she smokes from her family when she was little. When she is older she hides in the bathroom and covers up the smoky smell with perfume so that her husband doesn't know. Margot has a fear of showing who she really is. But i believe that Margot starts to change when she expresses to her husband that she doesn't know if she loves him anymore and moves back into her parents house. I believe that she is especially revealed to the audience when the file is shown about all the love affairs she has had with different men. The first time i really saw Margot show emotion was when she cried to her brother after he tried to commit suicide. It showed how she feels on the inside, which is sad, hurt and depressed. The most interesting part of the movie was seeing Royal and Margot at the ice cream parlor somewhat making up for lost time. It shows growth in the character and the ability to forgive. At the end of the movie, Margot has no more secrets to hide, her family knows she smokes but support her trying to quit. She begins to write again, and the fact that she creates a play about her own life is brave. Margot shows the most growth in the movie in my opinion.