Clavis Libri

Literary device

Repetition

Returning to the same word, phrase, or construction, at the start of verses or of successive sentences (anaphora) or throughout the text, to give rhythm, emphasis, or insistence.

In The Master and Margarita

Here they will help you... can you hear me?... Here they will help you... You will feel relieved. It is quiet and calm here... Here they will help you...

"Here they will help you" comes back three times, almost like a nursery rhyme, among comforting phrases such as "It is quiet and calm here." The gentle insistence soothes Ivan, who has already agreed to stay and write the denunciation, and makes him yawn, without the doctor discussing a single word of what he saw.

Part One, Chapter 8: The duel between the professor and the poet, Doctor Stravinsky

Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, my little one [...], it was the boys who broke the windows.
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Part Two, Chapter 21: The flight, Margarita

Never ask for anything! Never ask for anything, especially from those who are strong. They will offer of their own accord and will give everything as well.
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Part Two, Chapter 24: The rescue of the master, Woland

Thirty tetradrachms! Thirty tetradrachms! Everything I received is with me. Here is the money! Take it, but let me live
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Part Two, Chapter 26: The burial, Judas of Kerioth

You are free! You are free! He is waiting for you!
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Part Two, Chapter 32: Forgiveness and eternal refuge, The Master

Over there, over there! There a house and the old servant await you, the candles are already lit, but they will soon go out, because you will find the dawn immediately.
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Part Two, Chapter 32: Forgiveness and eternal refuge, Woland

What a vile execution! Please tell me [...] that it never happened! I beg you, tell me, did it not happen?
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Epilogue, Pontius Pilate (in Ivan's dream)

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