Clavis Libri

The Master and Margarita

Themes

Good and Evil the epigraph and the thesis that Woland does not corrupt, he only gives each person what they already wanted, in Part Two, Chapters 25-29 - Judas of Kerioth and the End of Apartment 50. The Supernatural the city that decided the devil does not exist, Berlioz's wager in chapter 1 and the investigation in the Epilogue. Forgiveness Pilate freed after two thousand years, in chapter 32. Art the manuscript burned in chapter 13 and returned intact in chapter 24. Courage and Heroism cowardice as the worst defect, from Yeshua to Pilate and to the Master's retreat, in chapters 25, 29 and 32. Power Yeshua's phrase on power in chapter 2, and the cowardice in the face of it in chapter 32. Love Margarita, who goes to fetch the Master at the cost of becoming a witch and queen of the ball, in chapters 13, 20 and 23.