Questions tagged [mikhail-bulgakov]
Questions about the works of Russian novelist and playwright Mikhail Bulgakov (1891–1940) or his life as a writer. Use with the [russian-literature] tag.
5
questions
13
votes
1
answer
562
views
Meaning of the "quips" from Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita
In Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita, Koroviev - one of Woland's entourage - does a deal with a housing chairman to rent an apartment for his master. As he counts out the money, he makes two ...
- 20.9k
10
votes
2
answers
857
views
Why does the narrator of "Master and Margarita" say that Caribbean are fiction?
Bulgakov describes the appearance of the Archibald Archibaldovich (chief of the security of the MASSOLIT restaurant) in quite a peculiar way:
At midnight there appeared a vision in this hell. On ...
- 2,070
5
votes
1
answer
384
views
Did Pilate have a vision of Woland/Satan?
In "Master and Margarita", after hearing from Berlioz that Jesus was a fictional character, Woland starts to describe the meeting between procurator Pilate and prisoner Yeshua Ha-Notsri, saying that "...
- 2,070
5
votes
2
answers
845
views
Is there a meaning to Koroviev 's nickname?
In Master and Margarita, Koroviev (or Korovyev) is part of Woland's entourage. In various scenes, he is called by his nickname - Fagot:
The magician sat down. ' Tell me, my dear Fagot,' Woland ...
- 2,070
4
votes
1
answer
2k
views
How did Pilate order Judas' death in Master and Margarita?
After several reads I am still struggling to understand the events around Judas' death in the Pilate story. On the face of it, the following things occur:
Pilate has dinner with Aphranius (head of ...
- 143