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The Master and Margarita: Satan, Savior from Evil

Authors :
Krzysztof Mech
Source :
The Polish Journal of Aesthetics, Vol 56, Iss 1/2020, Pp 31-47 (2020)
Publication Year :
2020
Publisher :
Institute of Philosophy of the Jagiellonian University, 2020.

Abstract

The countless interpretations of The Master and Margarita emphasize the most disturbing thought for the readers. This is an amazingly simple and moving truth: from the clutches of the Soviet Empire which destroys the Master only Satan can release him. The Master’s saviour is the spirit of evil. In this article I would like to show Bulgakov’s rich and ambiguous topography of evil, then to expand view of the topography of good.

Details

Language :
German, English, French, Polish
ISSN :
25448242
Volume :
56
Issue :
1/2020
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
The Polish Journal of Aesthetics
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.9006c64307ec479d9c2d40d9ba4cac7c
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.19205/56.20.2