Nume: Gheorghe Vanesa Cristiana

Grupa 2, seria I

Anul: I

Specializarea: LLR-LLS

The devil's visit in Moscow

Themes in The Master and Margarita

''ut !ho are "ou, a#ter all$ Sa" it%

I'm a part o# that po!er 

&ho eternall" eil !ills

An( onl" goo( (oes)''

*he +aster an( +argarita is a Russian noel !ritten " +ihail ulgao et!een ./20 an(

./1 ut pulishe( in ./34) *he stor" speas aout the #irst isit o# Satan in the +osco! o#

./5, (isguise( as ''6ro#essor'' &olan(, a m"sterious gentleman, a magician !ith uncertain

origins) 6ro#essor &olan( is accompanie( " 7oroie, ehemoth cat, assassin Azazello,

Aa((ona an( !itch 8ella. *his group o# m"sterious characters aims to (estro" the literar"

elite an( the +assolit s"n(icate) *he +assolit s"n(icate consists o# corrupte( men !ith their

!ies an( mistresses, eaurecrats an( generall" septical atheists)

*he action o# the stor" taes place once in 9erusalem in the (a"s o# 6ontius 6ilate, an( in an

alternatie plan, the eents (escrie( " 6ro#essor &olan( in his (iscussion !ith erlioz tae

 place in the +osco! o# ./5) *he eents (escrie( " the 6ro#essor &olan( rememer aout

the u(gement o# 6ontius 6ilates upon ;eshua <9esus o# Nazareth=)

*he noel stages t!o (i##erent !orl(s !ith (i##erent histories) In the Stalin's era, !here the

ration e>clu(e( an" supernatural conention, +osco! !as con#ronte( !ith the turulances

that ?eil an( his henchmen committe()

?eil arrie( in +osco! an( he #irstl" conince( an atheist e(itor that it is not a ig (eal to

no! !hen someone (ies, especiall" him) *he e(itor !as conince( that 9esus Christ neer

e>iste( an( he trie( to een conince the talente(, ut someho! illiterate( poet, Ian

ez(omni) 8earing this, the ?eil telle( him aout the meeting aout 6ontius 6ilate, the

 procurator o# 9u(eea an( a "oung man arreste( #or causing (isturances) *he "oung man,

name( ;eshua 8a-Nozri, emarrase( the procurator !ho !oul( hae let him go, i# the high

*hemes in the Master and Margarita

 

 Nume: Gheorghe Vanesa Cristiana

Grupa 2, seria I

Anul: I

Specializarea: LLR-LLS

 priest Caiaphus ha( not interene()

@rom this point, the noel runs on t!o leels: one presents all sort o# eents that 6ro#essor

&olan( an( his henchmen commits, an( the other one presents the last (a"s o# the man o#

 Nazareth)

*he +aster an( +argarita is a er" comple> noel !hich its themes concerns the interpla" o#

goo( an( eil, guilt" an( innocence, ut also loe an( sensualit") *he noel apparentl"

concerns a religious theme: the supernatural in the times o# Stalin)

In the #irst chapter, the action reoles aroun( the meeting et!een the (eil an( t!o

cultiate( citizens o# Russia) An atheist e(itor tals !ith a poet aout the #act that 9esus neer

e>iste() *he (eil interenes an( tries to conince the oth o# them that 9esus actuall" e>iste()

*his chapter re#lects the Russian people o# ./5, atheists an( septical to!ar( human nature

an( supernatural)

*he secon( chapter surprises the u(gement o# ;eshua 8a-Nozri) *he ?eil is most liel"

(isguise( as a sparro!) *he sparro! (isappears ehin( a column) 6ontius 6ilate conclu(es

that ;eshua 8a-Nozri must not e sentence( an( he !ants to let him go) 6ontius prepares to

(ictate this conclusion to his secretar" an( in that moment the sparro! #lies oer his hea(, as

i# it tries to conince him to not let ;eshua to (ie #or the sins o# the !orl()

In the thir( chapter, name( B*he Seenth 6roo#BB, the sparro! reappears #l"ing aoe a tree)

Ian is tr"ing to conince &ollan( that eil (oes not e>ist) *he sparro! is actuall" the

 presence o# the (eil, since &ollan( is sitting ne>t to Ian !ho (enies his e>istence) *he

sparro! represents the (eilBs !oring, or the presence o# the eil itsel#)

Another maor theme o# the noel is the nature an( the moo(s o# the characters) In the tenth

chapter tae place man" unusual, slightl" iolent eents) &hen Ian passes through a gar(en

an( the !in( lo!s into his #ace as i# it tries to !arn him #rom something, a#ter that Azazello

 punches him) *he chapter en(s !ith a rage storm) In the #ollo!ing chapter, his ehaiour

continues to re#lects his moo(s) Ian cannot accuratel" #in( the cause o# the erliozBs (eath

!hile another storm is uil(ing) 8e starts to #eel an>ious, ut he ecomes calm in the en() In

the epilogue, the !eather mirrors IanBs emotion !hile he is (reaming o# the e>ecution o#

;eshua 8a-Nozri)

*hemes in the Master and Margarita

 

 Nume: Gheorghe Vanesa Cristiana

Grupa 2, seria I

Anul: I

Specializarea: LLR-LLS

Again, another raining is uil(ing)

*he noel !as heail" in#luence( " GoetheBs I @aust) In the chapter .5, Ian tals to the

+aster aout pro#essor &ollan( an( he presents &ollan(Bs #eatures) *he +aster reproaches

him that he !as not ale to recognize the eil) 8e e>claims to Ian B6ar(on me ut perhaps

"ou hae neer een hear( the opera @aust%BB In the chapter .4, Vasil" Stepanoich is ase( "

inestigators aout the per#ormerBs name #rom the preious night) 8e replies that the name

might hae een BVallan(BB the German #orm o# &ollan(, the ersion !hich appears in Faust.

 Another majors theme that I am going to write about once the essays is finished: humans as

evil, the inconsistent narrator, the music accomanying the action and the !ilatism.

iliogra#ia primara: ulgao, +ihail, Maestrul si Margareta, e(itura 8umanitas @iction,

Colectia BRa#tul ?eniseiBB

iliogra#ia secun(ara: 9o"ce, +eghan) Chainani, Soman e() D*he +aster an( +argarita

*hemesD) Gra(eSaer, 5. August 2/ &e) .4 ?ecemer 2.1

*hemes in the Master and Margarita