THE MASTER AND MARGARITA
Damage Control
THE SETTING: PATRIARCHS PONDS
Associated with older
church, its
wealth, authority
Berlioz is
confident, urbane
Argues for the non-
existence of Christ
Cites anthropological
studies, philosophy
CONVERSATION WITH WOLAND
Learned, polished,
suave
Alludes to
conversations with
Kant
Clearly a foreigner but
speaks Russian
perfectly
Charlie Stone, illus
PREDICTING BELIOZ’S DEATH
Woland wittily points out that Belioz will die at the hand of a woman, a Komsomol.
Ivan suggests he (W) is mental
Woland points out that Ivan will soon be acquainted with an asylum
The role of the sunflower oil and Annushka
Illus Irian shipovskaya
Photo Clinton Portis
THE SEVENTH PROOF
Berlioz is an athiest, a
nay-sayer
Denies existence of the
devil as well
Plans to call for
Foreign office
regarding the
mysterious stranger
Notices the stranger in
checkers before
accident
PONTIUS PILATE
Bulgakov is faithful to
historic details but
deliberately omits
some
He portrays Yeshua as
a wandering healer,
philosopher, seeking
dialogue and meals
with the public
Pilate is self-indulgent,
conflicted
THE CHASE
Ivan panics, notes the
checkered citizen with
the cracked prinz-nez
As he tries to get
away, he notes the Cat.
The threesome leave the
park.
Comic scene of the cat
on the tram
Bulgakov’s predilection
for fantasy, carnival
BEHEMOTH AND IVAN
ILLUSTRATION BY CHARLIE STONE
THE CHASE (CONT.)
Ivan moves toward Arbat Square and hopes to find MA in his apartment #47 in house #13
Instead he accidentally confronts a naked woman in her bath
He then swims across the Moscow river , half naked, at a site known for baptisms
DOINGS AT GRIBOEDOV’S
Members of Masolit
waiting for
Berlioz, perturbed, cyni
cal
Carnival
atomsphere, misrule
prevails
Illustrations-shipovskaya
Shipovskaya
DOINGS AT GRIBOEDOV’S
Ivan is carried out
and
Transported to the
psychiatric clinic
Ilustration by C.
Stone
SCHIZOPHRENIA, AS WAS SAID
Ivan H is sent to asyllum
News of Berlioz horrifies but appearance of Ivan H confounds
Ivan is subdued and sedated at asylum
More composed in Chap. 8, he requests writing materials
VIEW FROM IVAN’S WINDOW IN THE CLINIC
A NAUGHTY APARTMENT
Illustration by Charlie
Stone
THE NAUGHTY APARTMENT
Berlioz’s apartment, shared with Likhodeev, is transformed
A naked lady along with the threesome are present.
They eject L. to make room for Woland’s retinue
Foster the notion that Likhodeev was hung over.L ends up in Yalta.
Illustration: Alimov
KOROVIEV’S STUNTS
He and his kind had much power because of scarce living space in Moscow
Bribe-taking and influence peddling
Nikanor IvanovichBosoy (barefoot) head of tenants’ association.
Nikanor is pressed to take the money, then busted by authorities
NEWS FROM YALTA
Variety staff awaits
word.
Attempted
communiques from
Likhodeev
Varenukha confront’s
man with cat-like
physiognomy
It ends poorly for him-
beaten in toilet
IVAN SPLITS IN TWO
Ivan unsuccessfully
tries to write an
account of events
leading to his
detainment
Found weeping he is
given an injection and
begins to acquiesce
BLACK MAGIC AND ITS EXPOSURE
Tricks with cards and
money
Conversation with
Woland and Fagott
Theater manager
Bengalsky intervenes-
explaining mass
hypnosis-asks Woland
for exposure
B’s head is torn off,
then replaced
BLACK MAGIC
Mad frenzy results when women are invited to look through latest fashions is clothes, purses shoes.
Arkady Apllonovichrequests exposure
He is exposed, instead, in front of his wife, dignitaries
All vanishes
THE HERO ENTERS
While in a reposeful rest, Ivan meets a fellow inmate who validates his experiences
He is the author of a novel involving Pontius Pilate
Describes writing the novel and Margarita
Rebukes the harsh treatment of critics
THE HERO ENTERS
ILLUSTRATION BY I. SHIPOVSKAIA
GLORY TO THE COCK
Terriftying experience
for Findirector, Rimsky
Saved from demonic
destruction by crowing
of the cock (3 times)
He takes off to leave
Moscow forever
His wife and
colleagues mytsified
NIKANOR IVANOVICH’S DREAM
Most of this chapter was censored upon first publication—hoarding currency
Varying tone of compassion and menace
Exposure of personal lives, secrets
Guilt and punishment
Note on Pushkin’s popularity
THE EXECUTION
Physcial stress
emphasized:
heat, dryness, dust, bugb
ites
Yeshua and other
prisoners helped to death
Matthew Levy arrives
late, embittered, rebelliou
s
Measures taken to
obvious miraculous
claims for body
EXECUTION ILLUS CHARLIE STONE
AN UNQUIET DAY
Anxiety and rumors fly about after the black magic performance
Administrators can find no contract, ticket sales associated with the performance.
Rumors of money that disintegrated
Secy tells of black cat in office
Workers sing in chorus involuntarily
Satire focused on
worker clubs under
Soviet regime
HAPLESS VISITORS
Arrival of Berlioz’s uncle from Kiev-Poplavsky
Strange telegram speaking in present tense
No managers will offer to deal with him
He enters the apartment alone
Greeted by Koroviev who weeps profusely at the thought of Berlioz’s death
Cat admits to sending the telegram, reads the passport
Azazello runs out and pushes Poplavsky and his things down the stairs
The Barman comes about the ruble notes-predictions about liver cancer—off to clinic
The Professor and the sparrow
BOOK IIFollow me, Reader. . .
MARGARITA
Margarita Nicolaevna-30-year old wife of prominent specialist
Her affair with the master
Nurtured and supported his work
Approached by Azzelloin Alexandrovskygardens
Uses the cream to become invisible
MARGARITA’S FLIGHT (AZAZELLO’S CREAM)
Her maid tries some
and follows (Natasha)
Her would be suitor
Nicolai Ivanovich does
also (appearing as a
hog)
Margarita’s revenge on
the Dramlit House and
the critic Latunsky
Elite Writers Building
BY CANDLELIGHT
Margarita meets the retinue
Agrees to host the satanic ball
Chess game with Behemoth
Woland’s hurt leg is tended by Gella—naked
woman and a vampire
Abaddon (destruction, angel of death) appears
before the group and scares Margarita
Appears as old man with glasses
GRAND BALL AT SATAN’S
Margarita wears
portrait of poodle and
diamond crown
Treated with great
deference
Description of Ball
derives from embassy
ball attended by
Bulgakovs at Spaso
House in 1935
EVENTS AT THE BALL:
Meeting with Frieda (history similar to Gretchen-haunted by child’s death)
Other cameos of famous murderers and murderesses
Baron Miegel—stool pidgeon and spy—he is killed on the spot—his blood turned into wine
EXTRACTION OF THE MASTER
Playful repartee with
Woland and Retinue
Margarita requests
mercy for Frieda and
restoration of the
Master to the
apartment on the Arbat
Master is revived with
difficulty
They are restored to
the basement
apartment
New resident is taken
out.
HOW THE PROCURATOR TRIED TO SAVE
JUDAS OF KIRIATH AND THE BURIAL
Story of the pursuit and
murder of Judas of
Kiriath
Attempt to make it
appear as a suicide
Evidence left for chief
priest
Pilate confronts
Mathew Levy
Admits to killing Judas
THE END OF APARTMENT 50
Various attempts to
investigate strange
doings
Incident with Behemoth
Shot at with bullets, no
one wounded
Ilus by charlie Stone
LAST ADVENTURES OF KOROVIEV AND
BEHEMOTH
Comic satire about
officialdom and other
aspects of Soviet life:
Stores, exclusive
restaurants, official
investigations
Photo of Bulgakov’s
primus stove
Graffiti showing
Behmoth with stove
THE FATE OF MASTER AND MARGARITA IS
DECIDED AND IT’S TIME, IT’S TIME
Mathew Levi approaches Woland’s domain
Requests “peace” for M and M from Yeshua
M and M living in basement apartment
Visited by Azazello
They drink the Falernian wine and are translated
Their “deaths” are made to look normal in Moscow
scene
The apartment is left in flames
They visit Ivanuska at the clinic before departing.
ON SPARROW HILLS AND FORGIVENESS AND
ETERNAL REFUGE
Woland and his retinue prepare to depart to higher realms with M and M
Behmoth’s whistle
Koroviev-Fagott and Behemoth assume their original forms.
The master forgives Pilate who seeks Yeshua
M and M find rest in their eternal home c.stone--
EPILOGUE
Explanations and Normalcy
Some things never change—in officaldom
Ivan is older and wiser, but he suffers every spring
when the moon is full—reliving all that followed his
encounter with Woland.
CREDITS
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