The Master and Margarita

In the Master and Margarita novel, Bulgakov describes how Margarita scrutinized the magical cream that smelled of swamp mud and carefully applied it on her body which suddenly reincarnated her into a young dark hair lady full of energy and freedom. She slipped down her window and flew at night to Woland’s residency with the words, “Invisible and free”. Azazello’s cream transformed thirty-year-old Margarita Nikolaevna into a witch to bring her on the Great Ball at Satan’s (Bulgakov, 228-59). Master and Margarita is one of the best novels of 20th century full of magic and mysteries that occur in Moscow under the devil’s regime. The novel found its popularity in the society as mysteries and superstition always fascinated human beings. For…

winter boots, listening music of Electric Moon on a set of hoary headphones, and thinking of Roberto Bolaño’s The Savage Detective passage, in which Felipe Müller remembers a story by Theodore Sturgeon’s—The Golden Egg maybe, or was it When You Care, When You Love?—that Arturo Belano had told him. As I kept walking, unexpectedly, I found an old bookstore on my right, to which I entered without thinking twice, yet, somehow, telling to myself I swear I won’t enter here at the same time; and a few…

The Brothers Karamazov is a book written in 16th century Russia. Chapter 5 of the book tells a story of Ivan reading a poem set in the Spanish Inquisition to Alyosha. The poem parallels Jesus’ temptation in the wilderness, His arrest in the garden, and His trial with Pilate. The story in the poem is set in the Spanish Inquisition, and the Grand Inquisitor, whom resembles Pilate in this story, arrested Jesus and told Him to not say anything, for he already knew what He would say. The inquisitor…

In The Taming of the Shrew, Shakespeare first introduces Petruchio in 1.2 as he is at the front door of his good friend Hortensio with his servant Grumio. From the beginning, Petruchio can be seen as a dominant character as he was bickering with Grumio calling him a villain and threatening him by saying “... I’ll knock your knave’s pate” (1.2.10). Petruchio continues to display his brazen and controlling attributes throughout the play and until the end of the play making him a static character.…

The House of Alba is one of the most prominent aristocratic families in Europe with ties to the Spanish monarchy. The Alba heritage is one the family has worked to preserve for over 500 years. Normally in order to see pieces from the Alba collection, one would need to visit one of the families’ palaces around the world. Therefore, it was such a privilege to observe more than 130 works of art created by a handful of master artists throughout Europe. Impeccable pieces from the Antiquity,…

where the absurdity, disorientation and madness start. The reason why the main character lost the job is because of the change in the system, as a result of getting paid by matches, misunderstanding and the great turnover of the staff, mainly the boss. Korotkov as a passive, unassertive and timorous character cannot settle with the idea that something is changing considering the fact he in chapter one thought that he <> (Bulgakov, p245) The burlesque of this situation is ridiculous for a…

Slaves would deliberately work slower and pretend that they were ill. Laziness and tiredness were the main reason why slaves malingered. Those who were caught malingering were punished without giving any remorse. Destruction of property was a next form of resistance. Many slaves would destroy crops and plantations in order to get back at their owners. Also, they would embezzle vegetables, livestock, tobacco, and money from their masters. They saw that thieving was nothing and that it is no…

Yevgeni Zamyatin left the country in 1931 with the help of Maxim Gorky and Isaac Babel was executed in 1940. Mikhail Bulgakov, whose works Stalin cited as “an example of ‘unproletarian trash,’” was forced to write his masterpiece The Master and Margarita in secret (Dobrenko 99). For those who wanted to pursue artistic expression that was not in compliance with socialist realism, like Bulgakov, literature “henceforth became a private affair” (Bethea and Frank 203). The censorship was extremely…

I’ve played guitar for eight years. My early Kindermusic lessons instilled a love of music which I channel into my six stringed best friend. Every week, I take lessons and practice with my ensembles. I take the Suzuki guitar course, and play duets with my instructor from a variety of styles. Occasionally, my instructor and I play professional gigs at weddings, retirement homes, and open houses. Monthly, we play for three hours at the Margarita at Pine Creek. I play in the Intermediate and…

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