Margot frank character sketch
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Margot was three years older than Anne so was probably more aware of the family's move from Germany to Holland, which took place when she was seven years old. Margot was a quiet, obedient child, who always kept her clothes neat and clean, unlike her younger sister. She was considered the more beautiful and the more intelligent of the two, and Anne resented her for this sometimes, as she notes in her diary.
Margot did well at school and was often used as an example for Anne by the Franks, who wanted Anne to copy Margot's good behavior. During the two years that they were confined in the "Secret Annexe," the two sisters grew very close, learned to be more patient with one another, and eventually became close friends.
After the group in hiding was discovered and sent to the concentration camps, Anne and Margot managed to remain together almost until the end. After surviving the Westerbork reception camp and the Auschwitz concentration camp, however, Margot became sick with typhus at the Belsen concentration camp in the winter of 1944-45. After being gravely ill and lying in a deep coma for days, Margot died at the end of February (or the beginning of March), 1945. While unconscious, she fell out of bed, and she was found dead when her friends tried to lift her back into her bed.
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character sketch of Margot Frank from Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl.
Anne's sister, Margot Frank, is sixteen years old in 1942. She is a lot like her mother who is anxious and overwhelmed by stress at times. For example, when the Franks first move into the secret annex, Mrs. Frank and Margot both crash due to the stress and strain over going into hiding. Anne says that while she and her father tidied up the place and unpacked boxes, "Mummy and Margot were not in a fit state to take part; they were tired and lay down on their beds . . . Mummy and Margot were too tired and keyed up to eat" (19). This shows the first in a pattern in the Frank family--Mrs. Frank and Margot are gentle and sensitive, while Mr. Frank and Anne are strong and energetic.
Margot is also very smart and humble. She does very well in all school subjects, but she never gloats about it to her sister. In fact, Margot supports Anne by encouraging her to do her best in school as well. In the entry dated 2 September, 1942, Anne summarizes her mother's views about Margot as follows:
"Margot has read quite a lot of serious books, and does not go in search of things that are forbidden her . . . Margot is far more developed and intelligent, shown by the fact of her being in the fourth form at school" (26).
Margot never complains, either. She washes all of the dishes sometimes, even when it isn't her turn. She doesn't argue with people like Anne does; she doesn't gossip; she doesn't ask personal questions; and, she doesn't seek to rebel at times. All of the traits that Margot doesn't express are exactly the ones that Anne does. If it weren't for the fact that Anne's parents have asked her to act like Margot, she probably would have looked up to her more. As it is, Anne becomes jealous of Margot's loving and respectful relationship with Mrs. Frank and seems to block them both from her life as best as one can living in such close quarters.
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