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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 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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Margot Ashton Character Timeline in The Godfather
The timeline below shows where the character Margot Ashton appears in The Godfather. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 1
...scotch in his lavish Los Angeles hotel suite. Soon, his second wife, the alluring actress, Margot Ashton, opens the door. Johnny asks where she has been. Margot tells him that she...
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Chapter 12
...spent deflowering Hollywood virgins and resents the sexual frustration he experienced with his second wife, Margot. He enjoys spending time with Virginia and decides to stay with her for a few...
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...and his daughters for the “whore tramp of a bitch who was his second wife,” Margot Ashton. To put the past behind him, he resigns “never to hate a woman” again...
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...wanted to” but never let his infidelity “interfere” with his personal life. He fell for Margot Ashton just as his film career was tanking and his singing voice was disappearing. In...
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Rather than let Margot destroy him, however, Johnny decides that he will “continue to love women no matter how...
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Chapter 13
...killed. Meanwhile, Johnny and Nino’s new record is selling well, he secures a divorce from Margot, and spends time once a week with Virginia and his daughters.
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