Discussion on Master and Margarita -Chapter 02.3

Hi! Let us have a look at the other two characters who figure in Chapter 2. We have seen that Mark Krysoboi is the security in charge. Just see how is he depicted:

Krysoboi was a well built , strong man. Face was deformed. As soon as he appeared in the balcony, it seemed that it was dark. He was taller than every soldier in his unit and his shoulders were so wide that they had covered the Sun which was not very high at that time.

I had given a hint to pay attention to the symbol of Sun. It keeps appearing in various chapters. But Krysoboi was more powerful than the Sun in chapter 2, as Sun was not very high! This implies that the security organs were very powerful and they had eclipsed even the powerful persons represented by the Sun...slowly we shall come to know what MB is hinting at.

Come to Yeshua. Full name given as Yeshua-Ha-Nostri. He is brought  infront of the Procurator in Yerushalam. The setting seems to suggest that this was the trial of Jesus....but...that is what Bulgakov is! He drops hints here and there to make us realise that it is not really so.

Pay attention to Yeshua...his age as mentioned by Bulgakov, his dress, the questions put by PP and answers given by Yeshua. Try to see how different they are from the real process as mentioned in the Holy Bible.
And I shall get back to you soon

Discussion on Master and Margarita -Chapter 02.2

We have seen that Pontius Pilate is suffering from headache. The reason for this headache is the smell coming from red roses.
Many times in M&M you can see that Bulgakov does not pay any attention to the HEAD - the thinking process- and many times you will come across such expressions as ' Why Head? Head is not at all needed here!.'
Even Mayakovsky in his play 'Bed bug' depicts a scene where the fish is being sold in the market. Two shopkeepers are selling the same fish at different rates. The inquiry reveals that the cheaper fish is longer too. The explanation given by the shopkeeper : Cut the head...why do you need the head?
That means any type of mental activity was not welcome in those days in the Soviet Union. They wanted just numbers, just robots?
Another person in chapter 2 who attracts us is Mark Krysoboi. In English it is translated as Ratslayer.
Right, there was a movement of cleaning the rats from the fields...i.e. harmful elements from the society.
Please pay attention to the description of Mark Krysoboi...and I shall get back to you...