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        <title><![CDATA[ Mikhail Bulgakov died in 1940 at the age of forty-eight.  In order to...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Mikhail Bulgakov died in 1940 at the age of forty-eight.  In order to obtain an authentic signature or autograph, you will have to seek it in either signed copies of his published works, in antique shops, or in auctions which may included memorabilia.  I would expect you should save your money...unless you're lucky, this desire is apt to cost you a pretty penny.  Check out the links below for ideas on where to go and how to go about...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Can I possibly acquire an authentic autograph/signature?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Can I possibly acquire an authentic autograph/signature?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:29:07 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What is the relevency of what is actually happening in the story The...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What is the relevency of what is actually happening in the story The Master and Margarita with the history of Russia by that time?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:42:20 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[How does Pilate's tale impact The Master, Margarita, Soviet critics, and...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/master-margarita/q-and-a/how-does-pilates-tale-impact-master-margarita-76571</link>
        <description><![CDATA[How does Pilate's tale impact The Master, Margarita, Soviet critics, and Ivan?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 8 Apr 2009 07:38:22 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[who is Margarita?]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/master-margarita/q-and-a/who-margarita-68423</link>
        <description><![CDATA[who is Margarita?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 3 Mar 2009 17:37:30 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[If you're referring to Woland (the main devil character in the novel),...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/master-margarita/q-and-a/am-trying-find-point-novel-master-margarita-which-3072</link>
        <description><![CDATA[If you're referring to Woland (the main devil character in the novel), he never identifies himself as Dostoyevsky. However, one of his 3 minions (Korovyov) makes references to being to being Dostoyevsky when entering the Griboyedov House, a restaurant for the writers of MASSOLIT. This happens towards the end of the novel in Chapter 27. Korovyov refuses to provide a membership card to the secretary, claiming that one doesn't need a membership...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 11:53:21 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Bulgakov allows the reader to have his own interpretation on who Woland...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/master-margarita/q-and-a/scene-toward-ending-when-satan-transforms-himself-24341</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Bulgakov allows the reader to have his own interpretation on who Woland actually is. Woland's character, over the course of the whole novel, isn't clearly marked as evil. However, with that said, Woland isn't God and certainly isn't associated with the &quot;light&quot; of Yeshua- Bulgakov clearly separates him from Yeshua in an earlier part of the novel (the confrontation between Levi Matvei and Woland). However, Woland’s role, at least in...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 11:38:44 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The scene toward the ending when Satan transforms himself-was he...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The scene toward the ending when Satan transforms himself-was he actually God? or an angel sent from heaven?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 14:31:08 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I'm convinced that he does have a name, however, because his life is...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/master-margarita/q-and-a/why-does-master-have-no-name-23257</link>
        <description><![CDATA[I'm convinced that he does have a name, however, because his life is defined by Margarita, he introduces himself as "the Master."  If you notice, when he introduces himself to Ivan, he says, "they call me The Master."  And then to prove that he is the Master, he puts on a cap made by Margarita.  Margarita controls the Master so much, that he loses all identity with exception to what she had called him.  It was Margarita who pushed the Master...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 6 May 2008 18:45:10 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The symbolism of a &quot;generic&quot; name such as &quot;The...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/master-margarita/q-and-a/why-does-master-have-no-name-23257</link>
        <description><![CDATA[The symbolism of a &quot;generic&quot; name such as &quot;The Master&quot; is that it represents a whole class of people. The Master has no name because he is a figure who is intended to represent any true artist who undergoes trials and persecutions in the cause of his art.In being symbolic, &quot;The Master&quot; is only one example of Bulgakov using symbolic or allusive naming in his novel. The name of the Master's mistress and disciple,...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 4 May 2008 16:44:00 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In &quot;Master and Margarita,&quot; why does the master have no name?]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/master-margarita/q-and-a/why-does-master-have-no-name-23257</link>
        <description><![CDATA[In &quot;Master and Margarita,&quot; why does the master have no name?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 4 May 2008 15:37:34 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[There are two things to note here: the character of the devil in this...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/master-margarita/q-and-a/why-does-master-seek-help-from-devil-rather-than-22987</link>
        <description><![CDATA[There are two things to note here: the character of the devil in this novel, and the nature of the help or assistance sought. The Master and Margarita operates with a highly nuanced image of the Devil as ultimately God's servant rather than His implacable adversary. Thus we see Woland, or Satan, standing up for the value and authenticity of faith against Berlioz the unbeliever, and more generally targeting the rotten ranks of the literary...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 1 May 2008 03:13:50 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In &quot;The Master and Margarita,&quot; why does the master seek help...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/master-margarita/q-and-a/why-does-master-seek-help-from-devil-rather-than-22987</link>
        <description><![CDATA[In &quot;The Master and Margarita,&quot; why does the master seek help from the devil rather than from God?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 1 May 2008 00:20:23 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[How about: What is the role of evil in our society?This is one of my...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/master-margarita/q-and-a/what-one-specific-philosophical-question-novel-2843</link>
        <description><![CDATA[How about: What is the role of evil in our society?This is one of my favorites. Woland makes some clear points about the necessity of evil in the West. And this is after WWI, but before Hitler. I wonder if the answer has changed? How about: What is the responsibility of the author to communicate the truth?Again, if &quot;manuscripts don't burn,&quot; then apparently Bulgakov feels the writer has an integral role in our culture to communicate...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:31:09 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[How does weather play a role in the story? I noticed that a storm is...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/master-margarita/q-and-a/how-do-weather-play-role-story-noticed-that-storm-16493</link>
        <description><![CDATA[How does weather play a role in the story? I noticed that a storm is taking place, but how does the story work around the weather?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2008 06:56:48 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[To me the main theme of this book is does God exist? Or rather God does...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/master-margarita/q-and-a/what-theme-book-master-and-margarita-by-mikhail-1700</link>
        <description><![CDATA[To me the main theme of this book is does God exist? Or rather God does exist.   This is not an overt theme you can understand just by reading the text of this book but a theme that was of the time of Bulgakov.  To me, the greatest thing about this novel is when and where it was written and under what circumstances.  When I find out a book about Jesus and the Devil was written in a Communist-controlled state it speaks to me a theme of...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:59:42 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In the first narrator of Berlioz and Ivan the poet, the theme of...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/master-margarita/q-and-a/how-oppression-presented-each-three-narrative-3071</link>
        <description><![CDATA[In the first narrator of Berlioz and Ivan the poet, the theme of oppression is exemplified by the state. The devil shows up as a foreigner and highlights some of the absurdity of living under the Stalinist regime. In the second narrative, oppression is represented by Pilate as the oppressor.  In a sense the theme as the same as Pilate also represents the state. In the third narrative, oppression is represented by critics who panned the...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2007 08:45:56 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Where in the novel Master and Margarita does the devil identify himself...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Where in the novel Master and Margarita does the devil identify himself as Dostoyevski.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 8 May 2007 10:59:26 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[How is oppression presented in each of the three narrative levels of The...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[How is oppression presented in each of the three narrative levels of The Master and Margarita?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 8 May 2007 09:36:24 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[One possible one would be "What is the nature of guilt"? Guilt is a key...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/master-margarita/q-and-a/what-one-specific-philosophical-question-novel-2843</link>
        <description><![CDATA[One possible one would be "What is the nature of guilt"? Guilt is a key part of the novel and one that is best expressed in the parts with Pontius Pilate. Pilate is left eternally unhappy because of his guilt, even though Yeshua effectively absolves him and does not blame him.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 1 May 2007 15:23:11 PST</pubDate>
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