Master And Margarita Quotes
We can say from The Master and Margarita that while Jesus and Christianity is mentioned and relevant in the book, Bulgakov stays away from the sophisticated display of Jesus. What intrigues me is the Jesus that Bulgakov displays doesn’t like the secretary going after him almost in a secretive type of way. There are many sentences and some paragraphs about the nature of humans, atheism, totalitarianism, and humanity. The book weaves together satire and realism, art and religion, history and contemporary social values. The book in a way is centering around the moral dilemma of Pilate or the enduring love of the Master and Margarita. Many times in the book, Satan speaks to the Master and is present in other ways such as when the weather gets
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Margarita had a thought which acted as a trigger for Satan’s interference in her life. It is also prophetic, since she agrees to pawn her soul to Satan. There is another quote in chapter 24 that states, "Even at night, in moonlight, I have no rest. Why did they trouble me? Oh, gods, gods.” Woland reads this passage aloud from the manuscript of the Master's novel. The Master thought he had destroyed it by burning it, but Behemoth produces a copy. Not only is this quotation significant because of the leitmotif, "Oh gods, gods..." it also mentions the moonlight, another link between the two worlds. Satan himself reading the words is significant, since the world of Pontius Pilate exists not only in the Master's manuscript, but in Woland's story and …show more content…
The dichotomy of good and evil is as old as the story of the world, and timeless in its relevance to just about everything we do in life, from our political and spiritual views to our taste in music, art, and literature to how we think about our simple dietary choices. But while most of us recognize that these concepts of good and bad aren't always black-and-white categories, we never cease to be surprised when someone or something we've perceived as "good" does or becomes something we perceive as "bad," from an esteemed politician's transgression to a beloved celebrity's slip into addiction or Scientology or otherwise socially undesirable
Margarita had a thought which acted as a trigger for Satan’s interference in her life. It is also prophetic, since she agrees to pawn her soul to Satan. There is another quote in chapter 24 that states, "Even at night, in moonlight, I have no rest. Why did they trouble me? Oh, gods, gods.” Woland reads this passage aloud from the manuscript of the Master's novel. The Master thought he had destroyed it by burning it, but Behemoth produces a copy. Not only is this quotation significant because of the leitmotif, "Oh gods, gods..." it also mentions the moonlight, another link between the two worlds. Satan himself reading the words is significant, since the world of Pontius Pilate exists not only in the Master's manuscript, but in Woland's story and …show more content…
The dichotomy of good and evil is as old as the story of the world, and timeless in its relevance to just about everything we do in life, from our political and spiritual views to our taste in music, art, and literature to how we think about our simple dietary choices. But while most of us recognize that these concepts of good and bad aren't always black-and-white categories, we never cease to be surprised when someone or something we've perceived as "good" does or becomes something we perceive as "bad," from an esteemed politician's transgression to a beloved celebrity's slip into addiction or Scientology or otherwise socially undesirable