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Meaning of the "quips" from Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita
Here is the same paragraph in Russian:
Произошло подсчитывание, пересыпаемое шуточками и прибаутками Коровьева, вроде «денежка счет любит», «свой глазок — смотрок» и прочего такого же."
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Why does the narrator of "Master and Margarita" say that Caribbean are fiction?
Having read both the original version and a Latvian translation, I would say that the original tries to to say that the Caribbean does not exist in relation to Archibald Archibaldovich. Ie. It is a ...
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Did Pilate have a vision of Woland/Satan?
Canonical interpretation is that it was a vision of Tiberius - roman emperor of that time. One of the reliable sources for this is the Gasparov's text of about the structure of the novel, but no one ...
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How did Pilate order Judas' death in Master and Margarita?
It was indeed a very thinly veiled order:
'I am very glad to hear it. Now for the second question. It concerns
that man . . . what's his name? . . . Judas of Karioth.'
At this the visitor ...
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Why does the narrator of "Master and Margarita" say that Caribbean are fiction?
There is no definite answer here, only interpretations are possible here. My thoughts:
your translation is really terrible. In Russian text there no "romantics", they are "mystics". This "black-eyed ...
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Is there a meaning to Koroviev 's nickname?
There's no canon information. There exist several random guesses, listed on Russian Wikipedia; none of which has any meaningful proof either textually or authorial-intent wise (although most guesses ...
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Is there a meaning to Koroviev 's nickname?
As far as i remember he was always in suits and well-dressed. I thought that maybe his name might derive from French, "se fagoter" well dressed or proper
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