The Master and Margarita (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Mikhail Bulgakov
- First Published: 1966
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Satire
- Time of Work: 30 and 1920
- Setting: First century Jerusalem and postrevolutionary Moscow
- Genres: Long fiction, Historical fiction, Satire, Fantasy, Magical and occult fantasy
- Subjects: Politics, Love or romance, Authors or writers, 1910’s, 1920’s, Mental illness, Good and evil, Faustian bargains, Biblical times, Jesus Christ, Devils or demons, Middle East, Moscow, Soviet Union or Soviets, Jerusalem, Atheism, Satan or Satanism
- Locales: Soviet Union, Jerusalem, Palestine, Moscow, Russia
Characters Discussed
The Master, an unnamed Muscovite who, after winning a lottery, retires to a basement apartment to write a novel about Pontius Pilate. Devastated when it is rejected by scornful editors, he attempts to burn the manuscript. The Master finds refuge in a mental hospital, where he meets Ivan and continues to imagine ancient Yershalayim. He is retrieved from the hospital by Woland, at the request of Margarita.
Margarita, the wife of a wealthy factory owner who falls in love with the Master and visits him clandestinely in his basement rooms. She fervently...
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