Johnny Fontaine’s second wife. Margot is a well-known and glamorous Hollywood actress whom Fontaine married after he divorced Virginia. Ashton and Fontane’s marriage is tumultuous: she openly cheats on him (partly in response to his rampant womanizing) and, early in the novel, a drunken Fontane beats her without hitting her face so as not to spoil her screen image. She responds to his feeble attacks with laughter and derision.
Margot Ashton Quotes in The Godfather
The The Godfather quotes below are all either spoken by Margot Ashton or refer to Margot Ashton. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 12
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He could use power and monetary favors grudgingly, always alert for treason, always believing that women would betray and desert him, adversaries to be bested. Or he could refuse to hate women and continue to believe in them.
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Margot Ashton Quotes in The Godfather
The The Godfather quotes below are all either spoken by Margot Ashton or refer to Margot Ashton. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 12
Quotes
He could use power and monetary favors grudgingly, always alert for treason, always believing that women would betray and desert him, adversaries to be bested. Or he could refuse to hate women and continue to believe in them.
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