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kcergol
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Where in the novel Master and Margarita does the devil identify himself as Dostoyevski.

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Posted by kcergol on Tuesday May 8, 2007 at 10:59 AM and tagged with character, devil, dostoyevski, master and margarita.

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  1. coot66 Student
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    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 card to prove he's a writer. He tells the woman that she wouldn't expect Dostoyevsky to produce such identification. The passage is another comical quip of Dostoyevsky’s- what follows is a witty exchange between Behemoth and Korvoyov, who make the secretary seem a fool.

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    Posted by coot66 on Monday September 22, 2008 at 11:53 AM