Bulgakov's novel shows the tragedy of a real writer, deprived of the opportunity to write about what he thinks, without censorship from critics. The image and characterization of the Master in the novel "The Master and Margarita" will help to better know this unfortunate person who fell under the yoke of circumstances. A novel about love, self-sacrifice, freedom.

The master is the main character of the work. Writer, creator, who wrote a novel about Pontius Pilate.

Appearance

Age not determined. Approximately close to 38 years old.

"... A man about thirty-eight years old ...".

A person without a name, surname. Abandoned them voluntarily.

“I no longer have a surname - I abandoned it, as well as everything in life in general ...”.

He received the nickname Master from Margarita, his beloved. She was able to appreciate his writing talent at its true worth. Sincerely believing that the time will come and they will talk about it.

Brown hair with the first glimpses of gray hair at the temples. Sharp facial features. The eyes are hazel, restless, alarmed. Kind of sickly, strange.

The Master did not attach importance to clothes. Despite the abundance of suits hanging idle in the closet, he preferred to go around in the same one.

Character. Biography.

Lonely and unhappy. No family, no relatives. A beggar, without a livelihood.

Smart, educated. He is a historian by profession, having worked in the museum for several years. Polyglot who knows five languages: Greek, Latin, German, French, English.

Closed, characterized by excessive suspicion, nervous. He has a hard time getting along with people.

“In general, I am not inclined to get along with people, I have a damn strangeness: I get along with people tight, distrustful, suspicious…”.

Romantic and book lover. Margarita, putting things in order in his closet, noted for herself his love of reading.

He was married, but remembers this reluctantly. Clearly making it clear that he did not attach importance to a failed marriage. Even the name of the ex-wife the Master does not remember or pretends.

Changes in life

The change in the Master's life began with his winning the lottery. One hundred thousand is a lot. He decided to dispose of her in his own way.

Having cashed out the amount won, he quits his job at the museum, rents an apartment and moves. The small basement became his new home. It was in the basement that he began work on a novel about Pontius Pilate.

The novel was not accepted by the publisher. Criticized, condemned, censored. This attitude greatly undermined the psyche of the Master.

He became nervous, irritated. He was afraid of trams and the dark, which he had not noticed before. Fear crept into the soul, completely subduing itself. He was disturbed by visions, hallucinations.

He considered his novel to be the culprit of what was happening. In a fit of rage, the Master throws him into the fire, destroying many years of work before his eyes.

Residential psychiatric facility

A severe mental condition led him to a hospital bed. He voluntarily surrendered to the doctors, realizing that not everything was in order with him. Ward 118 became the second home that sheltered him for four months. He was imbued with a fierce hatred for the novel, considering him the culprit of all the troubles that happen to him. Only Margarita had a calming effect on him. With her, he shared experiences, inner feelings. The master dreamed of one thing, to return there, to the basement, where they felt so good.

Death

Woland (Satan) was able to fulfill his wishes. The other world will become for the Master and Margarita the place where he will find eternal rest.

The character has a very bright appearance. He has fiery red hair. A. short, stocky. An ugly fang sticks out of his mouth, and a thorn in his eye. This hero mainly performs assignments related to physical strength: he lowers Poplavsky down the stairs, beats Varenukha. The same hero talks to Margarita, invites her to visit the "foreigner" and gives her cream. Under the light of the moon, we see that A. is actually "a waterless desert demon, a slayer demon."

Behemoth is one of Woland's henchmen, appearing in the form of a huge black cat. In the Bible, the hippopotamus is given as an example of the incomprehensibility of divine creation; at the same time, Behemoth is one of the traditional names for a demon, a minion of Satan. B. in Bulgakov's novel comically combines a penchant for philosophizing and "intelligent" habits with roguery and aggressiveness. For the first time, he appears in the scene of Ivan Bezdomny chasing Woland, and he leaves the chase on a tram; then, in front of the frightened Styopa Likhodeev, he drinks vodka, biting it with pickled mushrooms; together with Azazello, he beats and kidnaps Varenukha. Before a session of black magic, B. strikes those present by pouring and drinking a glass of water from a decanter; during the session, on the orders of Koroviev / Fagot, he tears off the head of the entertainer Georges Bengalsky, then sets it in place; at the end of the session, in the midst of the scandal that had begun, B. orders the conductor of the orchestra to "cut the march." After visiting B. in the office of the Chairman of the Spectacular Commission, instead of the chairman himself, only a revived suit remains in his chair ... Poplavsky, who appeared in the apartment of the late Berlioz, B. reports that he gave a telegram to Kyiv, and also checks his documents. B. steals Berlioz's head from the morgue. When Margarita appears in Woland's bedroom, B. plays chess with the owner, and, losing, he tries to resort to cheating, and also indulges in demagogic reasoning. B. gives the signal for the beginning of the ball, and while receiving guests, sits at Margarita's left leg. He tries to argue with Margarita about whether the owner of the cafe who seduced her is guilty of Frida's infanticide. During the ball, B. bathes in a pool of cognac. At dinner after the ball, B. treats Margarita with alcohol and drinks himself; at the same time, he tells fables, “competes” with Azazello in shooting accuracy, kills an owl and injures Gella. Irritated, Azazello declares about the cat that "it would be nice to drown him." B. dictates a certificate to Gella for Nikolai Ivanovich and, together with others, escorts the master and Margarita to the car. Later, in apartment No. 50, he meets with a primus in the clutches of the Chekists who came with a round-up, conducts a furious shootout with them, pretending to be killed and “coming to life”, sets fire to the apartment with the help of a primus and hides. Together with Koroviev, he visits Torgsin's shop and Griboedov's restaurant, both visits also ending in fires set by B. In the scene on Sparrow Hills, B. makes a whistle like the wind. During the last flight, he takes on the true form of "a thin youth, a demon-pager, the best jester that ever existed in the world." B.'s activity is the reason that after the disappearance of Woland and his retinue, they begin to catch and exterminate black cats all over the country.

In this hero, Bulgakov created a very peculiar image of Satan. This is not absolute evil. V. came to Moscow to judge. And it is important to note that not a single innocent person was harmed by it. At the very beginning of the novel, when V. appears at the Patriarch's Ponds, he is holding a cane with a poodle's head on the handle. The black poodle is a sign of Satan.
V.'s appearance is very remarkable. He has different eyes: "The right one with a golden spark at the bottom, drilling anyone to the bottom of the soul, and the left one is empty and black, sort of like a narrow needle's eye ...". V.'s face is somewhat slanted to the side, "the right corner of the mouth is pulled down", his skin is very dark.
V. is wise, his philosophy is extremely interesting. We can say that he does not do evil, he does justice, but in his own diabolical ways. But he also does good deeds. For example, it is V. who helps Margarita regain the Master in gratitude for being the queen at his ball. He frees these heroes from the burden of life in this reality and rewards them with peace. These people do not deserve the light, so Yeshua cannot take them to him. And Satan can give you peace. V. says that darkness and light are inseparable. One cannot exist without the other. These concepts are interrelated. Bulgakov conveyed the image of a very wise and charming Devil. He should not be afraid of those who have a completely clear conscience.

Gella is a member of Woland's retinue, a female vampire: “I recommend my maid Gella. Quick, understanding and there is no such service that she would not be able to provide.
Bulgakov got the name "Gella" from the article "Sorcery" in the Encyclopedic Dictionary of Brockhaus and Efron, where it was noted that in Lesbos this name was used to call untimely dead girls who became vampires after death.
The green-eyed beauty Gella moves freely through the air, thereby gaining resemblance to a witch. The characteristic features of the behavior of vampires - clicking their teeth and smacking their lips, Bulgakov, perhaps, borrowed from the story of A.K. Tolstoy "Ghoul". There, a vampire girl with a kiss turns her lover into a vampire - hence, obviously, the kiss of Gella, fatal for Varenukha.
Hella, the only one from Woland's retinue, is absent from the scene of the last flight. Most likely, Bulgakov deliberately removed her as the youngest member of the retinue, performing only auxiliary functions in the Variety Theater, and in the Bad Apartment, and at the Great Ball with Satan. Vampires are traditionally the lowest category of evil spirits. In addition, Gella would have no one to turn into on the last flight - when the night "exposed all the deceptions", she could only become a dead girl again.

This is the creative pseudonym of Ivan Ponyrev. I.B. is a character that evolves over the course of the novel. At the beginning of the work, we see him as a member of MASSOLIT, a young poet writing poems on given topics. In the very first chapter, B and Berlioz meet Woland at the Patriarch's Ponds. In the future, Berlioz dies under the wheels of a tram. B blames the mysterious foreigner for everything and starts chasing Woland and his retinue. In the future, B is taken to a psychiatric hospital. So B is punished for passing off a thirst for glory and eminence as true creativity. In the hospital, B meets the Master. He tells him his story. B promises not to write poetry anymore, realizing the harm of pseudo-creativity. Having reviewed all his moral ideals in the hospital, B becomes a completely different person. In the future, he will become a great scholar-historian.

This is the main character of the novel written by the Master. By this hero is meant the biblical Jesus Christ. Yeshua was also betrayed by Judas and crucified. But Bulgakov in his work emphasizes the essential difference between his character and Christ. Yeshua is not shrouded in a halo of mysticism. He looks like an absolutely ordinary person, capable of experiencing fear of physical violence. Yeshua is a wandering philosopher who believes that every person is good, and there will soon be no power in the world except God's. Of course, And has great power. He cures Pilate of a headache. The forces of light are concentrated in I, but Bulgakov emphasizes that everything in fact was not at all like in the Bible. I. himself speaks about this. He notes that he once looked into the parchment of his student Levi Matthew and was horrified. It was not at all what he actually said. So Bulgakov notes that one should not unconditionally believe the Bible, since people wrote it. And he died innocent, without lying, without betraying his convictions. For this he was worthy of the Light.

As in the Bible, Yeshua betrayed. He turned it in to the authorities for money. And - a handsome young man, ready for the sake of money for everything. After surrendering Yeshua to the authorities, Pilate orders the head of the secret service, Aphranius, to kill I. As a result, I is killed. He took responsibility for his act.

He is Fagot. Woland's assistant. It has a bright repulsive appearance. "On a small head is a jockey cap, a checkered, short, airy jacket ... A citizen is a sazhen tall, but narrow in the shoulders, incredibly thin, and a physiognomy, please note, mocking." K. has a cracked voice, one can often see a cracked pince-nez or a monocle on him. This character constantly plays the role of a jester. But during the flight under the moonlight, this hero has changed beyond recognition. We see that in fact it is "... a dark purple knight with the gloomiest and never smiling face." It becomes known to us that this knight once joked unsuccessfully, and he had to joke more and longer than he expected.

The most devoted disciple of Yeshua. This is a former tax collector who renounced everything and went after a wandering philosopher. L.M. He follows Yeshua everywhere and writes down his speeches. But Ga-Notsri himself claims that L.M. He doesn't write exactly what he says. Allegedly, from that moment the confusion that is reflected in the Bible began. When Yeshua is led to execution, L.M. wants to kill him, thereby relieving him of his torment. But he does not have time to do this, so L.M. only removes the body of Yeshua from the cross and buries it. Pilate offers L.M. to work as a clerk, but he refuses, arguing that the procurator, after what he did to Yeshua, will be afraid of him, will not be able to watch L.M. in gas. After the death of L.M. becomes a messenger for Yeshua.

The main character of the novel, the beloved of the Master. For the sake of love is ready for anything. She plays a very important role in the novel. With the help of M, Bulgakov showed us the ideal image of the wife of a genius.
Before meeting Master M, she was married, did not love her husband and was completely unhappy. Having met the Master, I realized that I had found my destiny. She became his "secret wife". It was M who called the hero Master after reading his novel. The heroes were happy together until the Master published an excerpt from his novel. The shower of critical articles ridiculing the author, and the intense persecution that began against the Master in literary circles, poisoned their lives. M swore that she would poison the offenders of her lover, especially the critic Latunsky. For a short time, M leaves the Master alone, he burns the novel and escapes to a psychiatric hospital. For a long time, M reproaches herself for leaving her beloved alone at the most difficult moment for him. She cries and suffers greatly until she meets Azazello. He hints to M that he knows where the Master is. For this information, she agrees to be the queen at the great ball of Satan. M becomes a witch. By selling her soul, she gets a Master. At the end of the novel, she, like her lover, deserves rest. Many believe that the writer's wife, Elena Sergeevna Bulgakova, served as the prototype for this image.

This is a collective image that Bulgakov draws. He satirically gives us portraits of his contemporaries. It becomes funny and bitter from the images drawn by the author. At the very beginning of the novel, we see Mikhail Alexandrovich Berlioz, chairman of MASSOLIT (union of writers). In fact, this person has nothing to do with real creativity. B. is completely faked by time. Under his leadership, the entire MASSOLIT becomes the same. It includes people who know how to adapt to the authorities, write not what you want, but what you need. There is no place for a true creator, so critics start persecuting the Master. Moscow in the 1920s is also a Variety Show, directed by Styopa Likhodeev, a lover of carnal entertainment. He is punished by Woland, just like his subordinates Rimsky and Varenukha, liars and sycophants. Nikanor Ivanovich Bosoy, chairman of the house administration, was also punished for bribery. In general, Moscow of the 1920s is distinguished by a lot of unpleasant qualities. This is a thirst for money, a desire for easy money, satisfaction of one's carnal needs to the detriment of spiritual ones, lies, subservience to superiors. It was not in vain that Woland and his retinue came to this city and at this time. They punish the hopeless severely, and morally give those who are not yet completely dead a chance to improve.

This is truly a historical figure. In the Bible, it was this man who condemned Christ to be crucified. In the work, this is the main character of the novel written by the Master. Through the image of P, the author reveals the problem of conscience in the novel, the problem of cowardice and the need for every person, regardless of position and rank, to be responsible for their mistakes. After talking with Yeshua during interrogation, P realizes that he is innocent. He is even drawn to this person, he would like to discuss a lot with him. And he makes feeble attempts to save Yeshua, suggesting that he lie. But Yeshua feels he is innocent and is not going to lie. P then tries to save Yeshua in a conversation with the high priest Kaifa. P tells him that in honor of the Easter holiday, one of the prisoners must be saved, and he wants to release Yeshua Ha-Nozri. Kaifa vs. Cowardly, afraid of losing his place, P sentences Yeshua to death. Thus, P sentences himself to eternal suffering. Only after many centuries, the Master frees his hero from torment and gives him freedom. Finally, P's dream comes true: he climbs up the moonbeam with his faithful dog Banga. Next to him is the wandering philosopher Yeshua, and they have an interesting endless conversation ahead.

Introduction

The image of Margarita in the novel "The Master and Margarita" is the image of a beloved and loving woman who is ready for anything in the name of love. She is energetic and impulsive, sincere and faithful. Margarita is the one whom the master lacked so much, and who is destined to save him.

The love line of the novel and the appearance of Margarita in the life of the master gives the novel lyricism and humanism, makes the work more alive.

See you with the master

Before meeting with the master, Margarita's life was completely empty and aimless.

“She said…,” says the master about their first meeting, “that she came out with yellow flowers that day, so that I could finally find her.” Otherwise, Margarita "would have been poisoned, because her life is empty."
The heroine at the age of 19 married a rich and respected man. The couple lived in a beautiful mansion, a life that any woman would be happy with: a cozy home, a loving husband, the absence of domestic worries, Margarita "did not know what a primus stove was." But the heroine "was not happy for a single day." Very beautiful. The young woman sees neither purpose nor meaning in her philistine life. She is hard, bored and lonely in her mansion, which is more and more like a cage. Her soul is very broad, her inner world is rich, and she has no place in the gray boring world of the townsfolk, to which, apparently, her husband also belonged.

Amazing beauty, lively, "slightly squinting eyes", in which "unusual loneliness" shone - such is the description of Margarita in the novel "The Master and Margarita".

Her life without a master is the life of an insanely lonely, unhappy woman. Having unspent warmth in her heart and irrepressible energy in her soul, Margarita did not have the opportunity to direct her in the right direction.

Margarita and Master

After meeting with the master, Margarita completely changes. Meaning appears in her life - her love for the master, and the goal - the master's novel. Margarita is imbued with him, helps her beloved to write and proofread, says that "her whole life is in this novel." All the energy of her bright soul is directed to the master and his work. Having not known everyday worries before, Margarita, having just entered the master’s apartment, rushes to wash the dishes and cook dinner. Even small household chores bring her joy next to her beloved. Also with the master we see Margarita caring and economic. At the same time, she very easily balances between the image of a caring wife and the muse of the writer. She understands and sympathizes with the master, loves him, and the work of his whole life is such a long-suffering, equally dear novel to them. That is why the master's beloved reacts so painfully to his refusal to publish the novel. She is hurt no less than the master, but skillfully hides it, although she threatens to "poison the critic."

All her fury will fall on their petty little world later, already in the form of a witch.

margarita the witch

To return her beloved, the heroine of the novel agrees to give her soul to the devil.

Being in terrible despair, Margarita meets Azazello on an evening walk. She would have ignored his attempts to speak to her, but he would read her lines from the master's novel. From the mysterious messenger Woland, the heroine will receive a magic cream that gives her body an amazing lightness, and turns Margarita herself into a free, impulsive, brave witch. In her amazing transformation, she does not lose her sense of humor, jokes about her neighbor, who is speechless, “both are good” - throws two women in the kitchen quarreling about not turning off the light out the window.

And here begins a new page in the life of Margarita. Before getting to Satan's ball, he, flying around the city, smashes Latunsky's apartment. Margarita, like an angry fury, beats, breaks, floods with water, destroys the things of the critic, enjoying this damage. Here we see another trait of her character - the desire for justice and balance. It does to the critic's dwelling what he tried to do to the novel, and did to the life of its author.

The image of Margarita the witch is very strong, bright, the author does not spare colors and emotions depicting her. Margarita seems to throw off all the shackles that prevented her from not only living, but also breathing, and becoming light, light, literally floating. The destruction of the vile critic's apartment inspires her even more before meeting with the master.

Prototype of the heroine

It is believed that Margarita had a real prototype. This is the third wife of Mikhail Bulgakov - Elena Sergeevna. In many biographies of the writer, one can find how touchingly Bulgakov called his wife “My Margarita”. She was with the writer in his last days, and it is thanks to her that we hold the novel in our hands. In the last hours of her husband, she, already barely hearing him, corrected the novel from dictation, edited it and fought for almost two decades to get the work published.

Also, Mikhail Bulgakov never denied that he drew inspiration from Goethe's Faust. Therefore, Bulgakov's Margarita owes her name and some features to Gretchen Goethe (Gretchen is the Romano-Germanic version of the name "Margarita" and its primary source).

Finally

The Master and Margarita meet for the first time only in the 19th chapter of the novel. And in the first versions of the work they were not at all. But Margarita makes this novel alive, another line appears with her - love. In addition to love, the heroine also embodies sympathy and empathy. She is the muse of the master, and his "secret" caring wife, and his savior. Without it, the work would lose its humanism and emotionality.

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Bulgakov's novel The Master and Margarita is a mystical love story that arouses genuine interest in the fate of the main characters. The image and characterization of Margarita in the novel "The Master and Margarita" plays a significant role in the work. The theme of true love, freedom, fidelity is connected with the name of Margarita.

The full name of the main character of the novel is Margarita Nikolaevna. Surname unknown.

Appearance

Bulgakov did not describe Margarita's appearance in detail. He tried to draw attention not to the external beauty of a woman, but to the inner state of the soul. Focusing on the timbre of her voice, movements, manners, laughter, we can assume that she is a beautiful woman.

"She was beautiful and smart..."

One of Margarita's eyes was slightly squinted, which gave her image a devilish zest.

"Witch squinting in one eye..."

Light curl on a short haircut. Snow-white smile. Perfect manicure with sharp nails at the ends. Eyebrows, like strings, professionally plucked and very suited to her face.

Margarita dressed stylishly, not defiantly. Elegant and well-groomed. She attracted attention, no doubt, but not with her appearance, but with sadness and hopeless longing in her eyes.

Biography

As a young girl, at the age of 19, Margarita jumped out to marry a wealthy man. Ten years of marriage. Childless.

"Childless thirty-year-old Margarita."

The woman was lucky with her husband. He is ready to carry his beloved in his arms, fulfill all whims, anticipate desires. Young, handsome, kind and honest. Anyone dreams of such a husband. Even housekeeping, he shifted to the shoulders of the housekeeper he hired. Stability, prosperity, but, despite this, Margarita is unhappy and lonely. "

She was happy? Not a single minute!”

Character. Personality of Margarita

Margarita is smart, educated. Woland (Satan) immediately appreciated her intellect.

She is determined. Her actions have repeatedly testified to this. With her inner instinct, intuition, Margarita unmistakably determined what kind of person was in front of her. Non-greedy, merciful. She always helped those who needed help. Do not throw words to the wind. Proud and independent. Smoking is one of the bad habits. She smoked often, and could not overcome this addiction.

Meeting with the Master

Their meeting was by chance. She walked along the street with a bouquet of yellow flowers, thoughtful and lonely. He, obeying some secret sign, followed. She spoke first. As the Master said, it was love at first sight.

“Love jumped out between us, like a killer jumping out of the ground ... and hit us both at once ...”

Margarita was truly happy for the first time. She loved and it was so new to her. For his sake, the woman was ready for anything. Endure adversity, share joys and sorrows, endure the hardships that have befallen them.

She sold her soul for the sake of her beloved. I was able to forgive when he disappeared. She remained faithful to the end. He was everything to her. Margarita could not imagine life without him.

Meeting with Woland

For half a year she did not know anything about the Master. He seemed to have sunk into the water. Only Woland could help bring back his beloved. To do this, she had to make a deal with him.

She must act as the queen of the ball with Satan. Margarita had to become a witch. Satan was pleased with the new queen and in return promised to fulfill any desire. She dreamed of seeing the Master so that everything would return to its place. Basement, novel, He and She.

Eternal happiness

They stayed together forever. Not in this world, in another, having earned eternal rest for love and loyalty to each other.

The writer, author of the novel about Pontius Pilate, a man who is not adapted to the era in which he lives, and driven to despair by the persecution of colleagues who severely criticized his work. Nowhere in the novel is his name and surname mentioned; to direct questions about this, he always refused to introduce himself, saying - "Let's not talk about it." Known only by the nickname "Master" given by Margarita. He considers himself unworthy of such a nickname, considering it a whim of his beloved. A master is a person who has achieved the highest success in any activity, which may be why he is rejected by the crowd, which is not able to appreciate his talent and abilities. The Master, the protagonist of the novel, writes a novel about Yeshua (Jesus) and Pilate. The master writes the novel in his own way interpreting the gospel events, without miracles and the power of grace - like Tolstoy. The master communicated with Woland - Satan, a witness, according to him, of the events that took place, the described events of the novel.

“From the balcony, a shaven, dark-haired man, with a sharp nose, anxious eyes and a tuft of hair hanging over his forehead, looked into the room cautiously, about 38 years old.”

Satan, who visited Moscow under the guise of a foreign professor of black magic, a "historian". At the first appearance (in the novel The Master and Margarita), he narrates the first chapter from the Roman (about Yeshua and Pilate).

Bassoon (Koroviev)

One of the characters of Satan's retinue, all the time walking in ridiculous checkered clothes and pince-nez with one cracked and one missing glass. In his true form, he turns out to be a knight, forced to pay with constant stay in the retinue of Satan for one once said unsuccessful pun about light and darkness.

The hero's surname was found in F. M. Dostoevsky's story "The Village of Stepanchikovo and Its Inhabitants", where there is a character named Korovkin, who is very similar to our Koroviev. His second name comes from the name of the musical instrument bassoon, invented by an Italian monk. Koroviev-Fagot has some resemblance to a bassoon - a long thin tube folded in three. Bulgakov's character is thin, tall and in imaginary subservience, it seems, is ready to triple in front of his interlocutor (so that later he can calmly harm him).

In the image of Koroviev (and his constant companion Behemoth), the traditions of folk laughter culture are strong, these same characters retain a close genetic connection with the heroes-picaros (rogues) of world literature.

A member of Satan's retinue, a killer demon with a repulsive appearance. The prototype of this character was the fallen angel Azazel (in Jewish beliefs, who later became the demon of the desert), mentioned in the apocryphal book of Enoch, one of the angels whose actions on earth provoked the wrath of God and the Flood.

The character of the retinue of Satan, a playful and restless spirit, appearing either in the form of a giant cat walking on its hind legs, or in the form of a full citizen, with a face that looks like a cat. The prototype of this character is the eponymous demon Behemoth, a demon of gluttony and debauchery, who could take the form of many large animals. In its true form, the Behemoth turns out to be a thin young man, a page demon. But in fact, the prototype of the Behemoth cat was Bulgakov's big black dog, whose name was Behemoth. And this dog was very smart. For example: when Bulgakov celebrated the New Year with his wife, after the chiming clock, his dog barked 12 times, although no one taught her to do this.

A witch and vampire from the retinue of Satan, who embarrassed all his visitors (from among the people) by the habit of not wearing almost anything. The beauty of her body is spoiled only by a scar on her neck. In the retinue, Woland plays the role of a maid.

Chairman of MASSOLIT, a writer, a well-read, educated and skeptical person. He lived in a “bad apartment” at 302-bis Sadovaya, where Woland later settled during his stay in Moscow. He died, not believing Woland's prediction about his sudden death, made shortly before her.

Poet, member of MASSOLIT. He wrote an anti-religious poem, one of the first heroes (along with Berlioz) who met Woland. He ended up in a clinic for the mentally ill, and was also the first to meet the Master.

Stepan Bogdanovich Likhodeev

Director of the Variety Theater, Berlioz's neighbor, who also lives in a "bad apartment" on Sadovaya. A slacker, a womanizer and a drunkard. For "official inconsistency" he was teleported to Yalta by Woland's henchmen.

Nikanor Ivanovich Bosoy

Chairman of the housing association on Sadovaya Street, where Woland settled during his stay in Moscow. Zhadin, the day before, he committed the theft of funds from the cash desk of the housing association.

Koroviev entered into an agreement with him for temporary housing and gave a bribe, which, as the chairman later claimed, "creeped into his portfolio by itself." Then, on the orders of Woland, Koroviev turned the transferred rubles into dollars and, on behalf of one of the neighbors, reported the hidden currency to the NKVD. Trying to somehow justify himself, Bosoy admitted to bribery and announced similar crimes on the part of his assistants, which led to the arrest of all members of the housing association. Due to further behavior during interrogation, he was sent to a lunatic asylum, where he was haunted by nightmares related to the requirements to hand over the available currency.

Ivan Savelyevich Varenukha

Administrator of the Variety Theatre. He fell into the clutches of Woland's gang when he carried to the NKVD a printout of correspondence with Likhodeev, who had ended up in Yalta. As punishment for "lying and rudeness on the phone", he was turned into a vampire gunner by Gella. After the ball, he was turned back into a human and released. At the end of all the events described in the novel, Varenukha became a more good-natured, polite and honest person.

An interesting fact: the punishment of Varenukha was a “private initiative” of Azazello and Behemoth

Grigory Danilovich Rimsky

Financial Director of the Variety Theatre. He was shocked by the attack on him by Gella, along with his friend Varenukha, so much that he preferred to flee from Moscow. During interrogation at the NKVD, he asked for an "armored camera" for himself.

Georges of Bengal

Entertainer at the Variety Theatre. He was severely punished by Woland's retinue - his head was torn off - for the unsuccessful comments that he made during the performance. After returning the head to its place, he could not recover and was taken to the clinic of Professor Stravinsky. The figure of Bengalsky is one of many satirical figures whose purpose is to criticize Soviet society.

Vasily Stepanovich Lastochkin

Accountant Variety. While I was handing over the cash register, I found traces of the presence of Woland's retinue in the institutions where he had been. During the delivery of the cash register, he suddenly discovered that the money had turned into a variety of foreign currencies.

Prokhor Petrovich

Chairman of the Spectacle Commission of the Variety Theatre. Behemoth the cat temporarily kidnapped him, leaving an empty suit sitting at his workplace.

Maximilian Andreevich Poplavsky

The Kyiv uncle of Mikhail Alexandrovich Berlioz, who dreamed of living in Moscow, could at least buy Kyiv apartment. He was invited to Moscow for the funeral by Woland himself, however, upon arrival, he was concerned not so much with the death of his nephew as with the living space left by the deceased. Woland's retinue was expelled with instructions to return back to Kyiv.

Andrey Fokich Sokov

A barmaid at the Variety Theatre, criticized by Woland for poor-quality food served at the buffet. He accumulated over 249 thousand rubles on the purchase of second-fresh products and other abuses of his official position. He also received from Woland a message about his sudden death, which, unlike Berlioz, he believed, and took all measures to prevent it - which, of course, did not help him.

Nikolay Ivanovich

Margarita's neighbor from the bottom floor. He was turned into a boar by Margarita's housekeeper Natasha and in this form was "drawn as a vehicle" to a ball with Satan.

Margarita's housekeeper, who voluntarily turned into a witch during Woland's visit to Moscow.

Aloisy Mogarych

An acquaintance of the Master, who wrote a false denunciation against him for the sake of appropriating living space. He was expelled from his new apartment by Woland's gang. After the trial, Woland left Moscow unconscious, but, waking up somewhere near Vyatka, he returned. He replaced Rimsky as financial director of the Variety Theatre. Mogarych's activities in this position brought great torment to Varenukha.

professional speculator. She broke a bottle of sunflower oil on the tram tracks, which caused the death of Berlioz. By a strange coincidence, he lives next door to a "bad apartment."

A sinner invited to Woland's ball. Once she strangled an unwanted child with a handkerchief and buried her, for which she experiences a certain kind of punishment - every morning this very handkerchief is always brought to her headboard (no matter how she tries to get rid of it the day before). At Satan's ball, Margarita pays attention to Frida and addresses her personally (she also invites her to get drunk and forget everything), which gives Frida hope for forgiveness. After the ball, when the time comes to voice her only main request to Woland, for which Margarita pledged her soul and became the queen of the satanic ball, Margarita, regarding her attention to Frida as an inadvertently given veiled promise to save her from eternal punishment, and also under the influence of feelings, donates in favor of Frida with his right to a single request.

Baron Meigel

An employee of the NKVD assigned to spy on Woland, who introduces himself as an employee of the Spectacular Commission in the position of acquainting foreigners with the sights of the capital. He was killed at Satan's ball as a sacrifice, with the blood of which Woland's liturgical chalice was filled.

The director of the Griboyedov's House restaurant, a formidable boss and a man with phenomenal intuition. Economical and as usual catering thieves. The author compares him with the captain of the brig.

Arkady Apollonovich Sempleyarov

Chairman of the Acoustic Commission of Moscow Theatres. At the Variety Theatre, at a session of black magic, Koroviev exposes his love affairs.

Jerusalem, 1st century n. e.

Pontius Pilate

The fifth procurator of Judea in Jerusalem, a cruel and domineering man, nevertheless managed to be imbued with sympathy for Yeshua Ha-Nozri during his interrogation. He tried to stop the well-established mechanism of execution for lèse-majesté, but failed to do so, which he subsequently regretted all his life. He suffered from a severe headache, from which he was relieved during interrogation by Yeshua Ha-Nozri.

Yeshua Ha-Nozri

The image of Jesus Christ in the novel, the wandering philosopher from Nazareth, described by the Master in his novel, as well as by Woland at the Patriarch's Ponds. Quite strongly at odds with the image of the biblical Jesus Christ. In addition, he tells Pontius Pilate that Levi-Matthew (Matthew) wrote down his words incorrectly and that "this confusion will continue for a very long time." Pilate: "But what did you say about the temple to the crowd in the bazaar?" Yeshua: "I, hegemon, said that the temple of the old faith would collapse and a new temple of truth would be created. I said it in such a way that it was clearer." A humanist who denies resisting evil with violence.

Levy Matvey

The only follower of Yeshua Ha-Nozri in the novel. Accompanied his teacher until his death, and subsequently took him down from the cross to be buried. He also made an attempt to kill Yeshua, who was led to execution, in order to save him from the torment on the cross, but failed. At the end of the novel comes to Woland, sent by his teacher Yeshua, with a request for "peace" for the Master and Margarita.

Joseph Kaifa

Jewish high priest, president of the Sanhedrin, who condemned Yeshua Ha-Nozri to death.

One of the young residents of Jerusalem, who handed over Yeshua Ha-Nozri to the hands of the Sanhedrin. Pilate, surviving his involvement in the execution of Yeshua, organized the secret murder of Judas in order to take revenge.

Mark Ratslayer

Pilate's bodyguard, crippled sometime during the battle, acting as an escort, and directly carrying out the execution of Yeshua and two more criminals. When a severe thunderstorm began on the mountain, Yeshua and other criminals were stabbed to death in order to be able to leave the place of execution.

Head of the secret service, colleague of Pilate. He supervised the execution of the murder of Judas and planted the money received for the betrayal at the residence of the high priest Kaifa.

A resident of Jerusalem, an agent of Aphranius, who pretended to be the beloved of Judas in order to lure him into a trap on the orders of Aphranius