What impression did the novel The Master and Margarita make? Essay-reasoning “My favorite literary work is the novel “The Master and Margarita”

I refused to read this novel for a long time, largely due to the fact that it was recommended by everyone. Moreover, I think almost everyone knows the general history, including me, and this was another reason not to read. But, having started reading six months ago and having completed half of it, I finally returned to it and finished the second half.

There are a million reviews of the book and a few more, so at first I didn’t want to write that too, but then I found the mood and thought - why not. Moreover, this was an excellent excuse to avoid editing my book.

All for the same reason (fame), I think there is no need to tell the plot, I’ll just share my opinion. I frankly didn’t like the main branch, the Moscow one. Only the appearance of Woland aroused interest, but he participated in only a few scenes, and the rest of the time his servants acted, and it was boring to read for them. I also missed telling the story for the other characters. The novel is full of characters, and I kept waiting for them to play their role, but, in fact, there is only one important character - the one who thundered into the psychiatric hospital, and through whom we were introduced to the Master. All the rest... well, yes, they seem to express what the author wanted to convey, all sorts of secondary ideas, ridicule and the like. But the novel, it seems to me, is still not about that. Not about them. I wanted to quickly finish reading their stories and forget them, especially at the end, when the actions of the police, all these searches and interrogations were described.

In general, I frankly missed the first part of the book, but in the second, when inserts from the past appeared (they were in the first half, but only once or twice, it seems), when Woland became more numerous, when parallels began to appear - here it became more interesting. But, again, read this whole story of Margarita - excuse me. How she had a blast with the critics who rejected the Master, how she acted weird and had fun, or how she stood at the ball and met everyone... Yes, this shows the character’s character, but... why? This is the “why?” It didn’t leave me until the end of the novel. When the branches of the past and present began to connect, the answer seemed to appear, but the book ended, and I realized that “why?” it hasn't gone anywhere.

It’s probably also worth mentioning that I am familiar with the Bible and everything connected with it only from what I heard in passing. I fully admit that some allusions passed me by. Or maybe I just missed something. But overall the book left me feeling unfinished. And I'm not talking about a sequel, quite the opposite. The ending seems to be quite logical, but I just want to ask - so what? So I read about the suffering of people, about the torment of the Master and Margarita, so they received... I don’t even know, punishment or reward, it’s not so important. But - so what?

Perhaps those same high expectations are to blame. This book has been recommended so many times and for so many years that I don’t even remember. And I expected something more from her. I don’t know what. But to come across something like this, unfinished, I definitely didn’t expect this.

At the same time, I can’t say anything bad about everything else. The characters are alive, they act in accordance with their characters, very understandable characters. I didn’t like the style in places, especially when the author clearly acted as a narrator, but that’s the way it is.

It's funny, but Woland's actions raise the most questions. It is clear that he is not an ordinary guy - Soton in the flesh, and ordinary mortals cannot understand him, but... must his mistress necessarily be a woman named Margarita? Seriously? He is the Soton of the entire planet, and accordingly, he also gives balls all over the world. How does he find these Margaritas somewhere in China? And in Zimbabwe? Or does he not deign to visit such a low-grade country? Moreover, he’s a damn soton, what the hell are the rules? In general, this, together with most of the ball, left me bewildered, and the cat and his friends were frankly annoying, especially at the end, when they went to eat their fill on the road.

We only enjoyed reading excerpts from the past. It’s not surprising - the Master wrote them. In some places there is too much description, but overall it’s interesting. There was even room for a little intrigue, which I immediately appreciated and approved. But this was not enough and it did not outweigh the impressions from the rest of the book, which is why the opinion formed was this - negative.

...Sometimes you are surprised at how much your view of the world can change after reading a good book!.. Then you perceive people somehow differently, and you become more frank with yourself, and in general your attitude towards life changes. But how the worldview changes depends on the content of the book and its author.

If we are talking about prose, then the plot is important: for example, an embellished superstition that has sunk into the soul can make a person pious and change his attitude towards religion; good stories about strong friendship, if they do not instill a sense of responsibility, then at least remind them of it. But here the author’s sincerity is not necessary. Maybe. His point of view will turn out to be exactly the opposite of the hero’s opinion, and the reader will not lose anything from this. A poem is a different matter. Poems are a reflection of the author’s state of mind, his thoughts. In the poem, the poet often speaks from his own perspective, believes in what he writes about.

If a poet pours out his soul in the lines of a poem, then the reader’s soul picks up the motive of emotions, merging with the author’s experiences.

Many become real fans of their favorite poets. But it turns out that you can become a lifelong fan of the novel, novella, short story - genres that are not poetic at all.

For several years now, my reference book has been the novel “The Master and Margarita” by M. Bulgakov. It contains love, history, politics, and religion; and all this satirically reflects the spirit of the twentieth century. Each chapter of the novel is permeated with the idea of the endless existence of injustice and lies of rulers, the power of invisible forces, love, capable of everything except oblivion.

The philosophical and satirical humor of the work is not fully understandable after the first reading.

I like the fact that, rereading the chapter, each time you discover more and more new details and non-random details that make you laugh and wonder how much has changed since the time of Pilate.

The most striking and original character seemed to me to be a cat, “as huge as a hog. Black, like soot or a rook, and with a desperate cavalry mustache,” with the peculiar name “Behemoth,” snacking on vodka, pineapple, and salt and pepper.

The image of Margarita, the queen of the devil's ball, a feminine and vulnerable witch, endlessly in love with her Master and everything connected with him, becomes very typical for a woman in love, who harbors sorrow, hatred, and tenderness in her soul.

Gella seems terrible and cold to me, in the past, perhaps the same as Natasha or Margarita, who in an unknown way found herself in the retinue of the Prince of Darkness.

Koroviev is tireless and energetic, a sort of mass entertainer with an eternal smile on his face and an ominous sparkle in his eyes. He holds second place, after Behemoth, on the pedestal of my sympathies.

I would probably give third place not so much to the hero as to the episode. Remember: the end of the first part, the barman Andrei, concerned about the indication of liver cancer, came to see Dr. Kuzmin, paid for the examination with three labels from Abrau-Durso bottles... Next - an orphan kitten “with an unhappy face”, then - “disgusting” Sparrow" dancing the foxtrot and using an inkwell in a very unusual way. And this is combined with the end of the events of the first chapter, which is chilling. That's it: both funny and scary...

In the same spirit, the events of midnight, on which the “Great Ball at Satan’s” was held, the morning after the ball, and the fulfillment of Margarita’s wishes are described.

The ending of the story about the love of the Master and Margarita is original and interesting. Mainly thanks to the final phrase invented by the “Master”: “... the cruel fifth procurator of Judea, the horseman Pontius Pilate.” After this phrase it becomes sad, as it always becomes sad to read the last lines, “Calm down” several pages of the epilogue, ending the novel with the same final phrase.

Bulgakov’s novel “The Master and Margarita” has been read by a huge number of people, it has been translated into many languages and staged on theater stages countless times. However, this novel is still not fully revealed; we are still far from comprehending all the truths directly or indirectly presented to us by the author. Critics and publicists are still struggling with endless mysteries: who is Woland, where to look for the origins of the plot, who are the prototypes of the heroes, can the novel be interpreted as a kind of remake of the Gospel? And each person, reading and rereading the immortal lines of Bulgakov (after all, “manuscripts do not burn”), finds his own truth, experiences his own feelings, so different from the feelings of others and so different from the feelings experienced for the first time when reading. In my opinion, in order to better understand Bulgakov’s novel, it is worth re-reading it at least twice. Otherwise, the truth may slip away. The reader, opening the pages of “The Master and Margarita” for the first time, follows the plot, reads the dialogues and tries to guess the outcome. But having picked up the book for the third time and knowing almost all the events, the inquisitive mind now follows the development of philosophical ideas, the author’s ambiguous interpretation of eternal truths and the miraculous transformations of good into evil and vice versa. Then maybe a third and fourth time.

I was very interested in reading The Master and Margarita. I will not hide that sometimes the actions and words of the heroes seemed incomprehensible and meaningless to me, sometimes it seemed to me that the heroes should not cross the line separating vice from righteousness and madness from reason. But Bulgakov did not write his novel to please the public and critics. As we know, “The Master and Margarita” is interpreted by many as the spiritual testament of the writer, and therefore, probably, many of his thoughts are sharply outlined in the novel. And from this all the lines are filled with sacred meaning.

I was very interested in the figure of Pontius Pilate, who was forgiven by the Master at the end, although as the action progresses it turns out that Pilate was not so guilty of the death of Yeshua, because he still tried to save him. We will not find this in the Gospel. And in general, everything in the novel is turned upside down, and Woland, this devil in the flesh, seems to us almost an angel: “They read your novel,” Woland spoke, turning to the master, “and they said only one thing, that he, unfortunately, not finished. So, I wanted to show you your hero. For about two thousand years he sits on this platform and sleeps, but when the full moon comes, as you see, he is tormented by insomnia. She torments not only him, but also his faithful guard, the dog. If it is true that cowardice is the most serious vice, then perhaps the dog is not to blame for it. The only thing the brave dog was afraid of was thunderstorms. Well, the one who loves must share the fate of the one he loves.” It turns out that Woland is almost an oracle, through whose lips Yeshua, Jesus, who was crucified, speaks to us. But this Yeshua, it turns out, loves Pilate, who crucified him, and forgives him, or is it the Master who forgives the procurator, or Woland?

The novel unwinds like an endless ball of thread, it seems that all the events are interconnected, and, at the same time, there is no connection. Those who at first seem cruel and bad turn out to be merciful and good in the end. At first Woland is frightening, these countless murders and transformations, this terrible ball with a series of murderers and murderers, but he is Satan himself! But now he allows Margarita to forgive Frida, now he returns the Master his apartment and lamp, now he takes out the burnt manuscript, and we involuntarily exclaim with the Master: “All-powerful, all-powerful!” Sometimes Woland seems even more omnipotent than God, because he so simply, casually, disposes of the lives and souls of the Mokvites, occupies apartments and moves individuals in space. But Muscovites themselves are to blame, “the housing issue spoiled them,” and therefore Woland came to power.

It was very interesting for me to follow the adventures of Woland’s retinue. It is from the replicas of Behemoth and Azazello that we learn about the main vices of that time; it is through the eyes of these heroes that we see the society of that time. And that is why there is so much satire in the dialogues of these characters. After all, “The Master and Margarita” is, first of all, a social novel, ridiculing human sins and drawing attention to them, and, thanks to the skill of Bulgakov the writer, Moscow of those years appears very vividly before our mind’s eye: “They, they! - the long checkered one sang in a goat's voice, speaking in the plural about Styopa, - in general, they've been terribly piggy lately. They get drunk, have relationships with women, using their position, don’t do a damn thing, and they can’t do anything, because they don’t understand anything about what they are entrusted with. The authorities are being bullied!” There are a lot of funny moments in the novel, and sometimes you wonder why you can’t just say “Scram!” in real life. and transfer such Likhodeevs somewhere to Yalta or even further. In general, the adventures of Wolandov’s retinue are like a fairy tale, because they punish the bad and encourage the good, but do not forget to play pranks. Without them, the novel would not have had this flavor, reminiscent somewhere of the adventures of Ostap Bender from The Golden Calf and The Twelve Chairs.

I repeat, but it was very interesting to read the pages dedicated to Pontius Pilate. In the Bible we find his image outlined very superficially, but in the novel all his feelings and thoughts are conveyed to us. Reading about him, I couldn’t help imagining myself in his place, and everyone probably did the same. Here Bulgakov poses the eternal problem of responsibility for one's actions. Pilate is vested with power, he can command and punish, and so the “criminal” Yeshua is brought to him, and he listens to him and is imbued with compassion for him. But why? “Ha-Notsri was leaving forever, and there was no one to cure the terrible, evil pains of the procurator; there is no remedy for them except death. But this was not the thought that struck Pilate now. The same incomprehensible melancholy that had already come on the balcony permeated his entire being. He immediately tried to explain it, and the explanation was strange: it seemed vague to the procurator that he had not finished talking to the convict about something, or maybe he hadn’t listened to something.” Then the half-mad writer Master will explain to him what Pilate did not listen to two thousand years ago. This is how time is intricately intertwined. While reading, I was constantly worried about the question: who is the main character of the novel, the Master or Pontius Pilate? Then I realized that everyone probably decides for themselves. For me, Pilate became a hero; he had to endure too much during his life and after, but still he was “released.” His suffering is so strong, and his heart is filled with such melancholy, because somewhere in his soul he understands that he will go down in history as the procurator who gave the order to kill God, no matter how paradoxical it sounds. And how he later repents, and this silent order to kill Judas, who betrayed Yeshua, is presented to us as another attempt to atone for his irredeemable guilt. According to Biblical laws, one cannot kill, even if the murder is revenge, but in “The Master and Margarita” everything is upside down: “I, the procurator, have been working in Judea for fifteen years. I began my service under Valery Grat. I don’t have to see a corpse in order to say that a person has been killed, and now I am reporting to you that the one who was called Judas from the city of Kiriath was stabbed to death a few hours ago.” This is how the procurator tried to “save” Judas and do everything possible for the man whom he condemned to death: bury him, and thank the people who helped Yeshua.

It is interesting to follow the development of women's destinies in the novel, and of course, first of all, the fate of Margarita. We will also find her in the Gospel - this is Mary Magdalene, the holy harlot. But just as Mary Magdalene is sacred, so Margarita plays her sacred role in Bulgakov’s novel. She is more a mother than a wife, a queen than a beggar, a saint than a sinner, even though we see her as the ruler at the ball of all sinners. Margarita is an example of all-forgiving and all-consuming love. She is able to love the cursed, insane Master, and this love regenerates her. Probably, she is not even Mary Magdalene, but rather the ancestor Eve, who gave rise to the entire human race on earth. In general, the motives of death, rebirth and new life are very strong in the novel. The Master is reborn in the hospital, meeting his mentor Bezdomny there, Margarita is reborn after being anointed with a magic ointment, Pilate is reborn after “killing” Yeshua and Judas, and only Woland is eternal.

There is no doubt that the novel “The Master and Margarita” is truly a great work. For me it is like a reference book, and I know that no matter how many times I re-read it, I will always find something new. Probably, you can re-read the novel, following, for example, only the life of the Master, or only the actions of Woland, but then you will have to re-read it a huge number of times, but maybe then we will still be able to understand who is the bearer of that power “that always wants evil and always does good,” because, for example, it seems to me that this is not necessarily Woland. The novel “The Master and Margarita” is also a hymn to the common man, who, having believed in himself, is capable of performing great deeds, just as the cruel fifth procurator of Judea, the horseman Pontius Pilate, did this by believing in himself and in the words of the unfortunate prisoner.

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In this essay I want to talk about one of the most famous works of Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov, “The Master and Margarita,” which I really liked. According to V.Ya. Lakshina, Mikhail Afanasyevich wrote his novel for more than ten years. He dictated the last insertions to his wife in February 1940, three weeks before his death.

The basis of this novel is the conflict of good and evil. Good here is represented in the person of Yeshua Ha-Nozri, close in image to Christ, and evil in the person of Woland, Satan in human form. However, the originality of this novel lies in the fact that evil does not submit to good, and both of these forces are equal. This can be seen by considering the following example: when Matthew Levi comes to ask Woland for the Master and Margarita, he says: “Yeshua read the Master’s essay<..>and asks you to take the Master with you and reward him with peace.” Yeshua specifically asks Woland, and does not order him.

Woland does not come to earth alone. He is accompanied by creatures who, by and large, play the role of jesters in the novel and put on all sorts of shows. Through their actions they reveal human vices and weaknesses. Also, their task was to do all the “dirty” work for Woland, serve him, prepare Margarita for the Great Ball and for her and the Master’s journey to a world of peace. Woland's retinue consisted of three “main” jesters - Behemoth the Cat, Koroviev-Fagot, Azazello and the vampire girl Gella.

One of the most mysterious figures in the novel “The Master and Margarita” is, of course, the Master, a historian who became a writer. The author himself called him a hero, but introduced him to the reader only in the thirteenth chapter. I especially liked this hero. Although the master was unable to pass all the tests unbroken, refused to fight for his novel, refused to continue it, but the very fact that he was able to write the same one novel, elevates him above other people and, of course, cannot but arouse the sympathy of the reader. Also, it should be noted that the Master and his hero Yeshua are similar in many ways.

The motif of love and mercy is associated with the image of Margarita in the novel. This can be confirmed by the fact that after the Great Ball she asks Satan for the unfortunate Frida, while she is clearly hinted at a request for the release of the Master.

An essay on a work on the topic: A book that left a strong impression.

In this essay I want to talk about one of the most famous works of Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov, “The Master and Margarita,” which I really liked. According to V. Ya. Lakshin, Mikhail Afanasyevich wrote his for more than ten years. He dictated the last insertions to his wife in February 1940, three weeks before his death.

The basis of this novel is the conflict of good and evil. Good here is represented in a person close in image to Christ, and evil in the person of Woland, Satan in human form. However, the originality of this novel lies in the fact that evil does not submit to good, and both of these forces are equal. This can be seen by considering the following example: when Matthew Levi comes to ask Woland for the Master and Margarita, he says: “Yeshua read the Master’s essay<..>and asks you to take the Master with you and reward him with peace.” Yeshua specifically asks Woland, and does not order him.

Woland does not come to earth alone. He is accompanied by creatures who, by and large, play the role of jesters in the novel and put on all sorts of shows. Through their actions they reveal human vices and weaknesses. Also, their task was to do all the “dirty” work for Woland, serve him, prepare Margarita for the Great Ball and for her and the Master’s journey to a world of peace. Woland's retinue consisted of three "main" jesters - Behemoth the Cat, Koroviev-Fagot, Azazello and the vampire girl Gella.

One of the most mysterious figures in the novel “The Master and Margarita” is, of course, the Master, a historian who became a writer. The author himself called him a hero, but introduced him to the reader only in the thirteenth chapter. I especially liked this hero. Although the master was unable to pass all the tests unbroken, refused to fight for his novel, refused to continue it, the very fact that he was able to write this novel elevates him above other people and, of course, cannot but arouse the sympathy of the reader. Also, it should be noted that the Master and his hero Yeshua are similar in many ways.

In my opinion, the essence of the novel lies in the criticism of many human vices of that time. According to information, again, Lakshina, when Bulgakov wrote his novel, he had great difficulties with sharp political satire, which the writer wanted to hide from the eyes of censorship and which, of course, was understandable to people really close to Mikhail Afanasyevich. The writer destroyed some of the most politically open passages of the novel in the early stages of work.

For me, the novel “The Master and Margarita” is a very important work that puts a person on a new stage of his spiritual development. After reading this novel, you can easily understand why it has become a classic not only of Russian, but also of world literature.

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