Margaret Tate Character Analysis

“It is not the most lovable individuals who stand more in need of love writes Ashley Montagu but the most unlovable.”Most people, however, would not share Montagu’s opinion. The movie tells a story of, Margret Tate, one of New York’s top shot book editor’s weekend trip to Alaska. In the movie, The proposal, Margaret Tate learns to love.
Right from the start Margaret is depicted as a very successful chef editor at New York book publisher. But aside from her career, Margret appears to be a person incapable of neither receiving nor giving love. She was single with no friends or family that she shares any kind of relationship with her. We can also see that see that she is deprived of social life outside of work and does not have any friendship with any of her co workers. She was very lonely and miserable and has nothing she cares about other than her career. In the …show more content…
She realizes she knows little to nothing about him or his interests. To her keen surprise he knows a lot about her than she ever imagined. Once they arrived at Sitka, viewers witness a sudden change of facial expression when she notices Andrews Mother and grandmother waiting for him at the airport. At this moment Margret is hit by the fact that she never had anybody wait for at the airport to welcome her. She soon also finds out that Andrew’s Mother has cancelled her hotel reservation. Again we can observe another emotion cross her face, and this time she realizes she has to work really hard to show and convince everyone she is in love with Andrew. She knows it is an issue for her, how can she pretend to be in madly in love if she does not know the feeling of being ‘in love’. It becomes even harder for her as Andrew’s family started warming up to her. It took her by surprise when his family told them that they holding their wedding ceremony by the end of the