“Masters and Margarita” is usually studied in the 11th grade. This is a complex work that is written on the basis of the gospel of Nicodemus, the secret follower of Jesus Christ. Recall the plot of the novel will help our summary of the chapters. If it is too long for you, we offer an option for a reader's diary, and also recommend reading an analysis of the book.
Part one
Chapter 1. Never Talk to Unknown
In Moscow, Mikhail Berlioz, a short man, plump and bald, the head of one of the leading metropolitan literary associations MASSOLIT, and his companion, poet Ivan Ponyrev, who wrote under the name Bezdomny, walked on the Patriarch Ponds. Surprisingly, there was nobody in the alley besides them. The men drank an apricot and sat on a bench. Then another strange thing happened: Berlioz suddenly had a heart attack, and he was seized with fear, from which he wanted to run away, wherever his eyes looked. After that, he saw in the air a transparent citizen with a mocking physiognomy, wearing a checkered jacket. Soon the man disappeared, so the chairman attributed the incident to heat and fatigue. Calming down, he began to speak with a comrade about the Son of God. Berlioz ordered the Homeless anti-religious poem, but did not arrange the result of the leader. Jesus turned out to be realistic, and it was required to show that he was never there.
While Berlioz was giving a lecture to the Homeless on this topic, a man appeared on the alley. He looks tall man in his forties. His right eye was black and the left green, smoothly shaved, the crowns of teeth on one side platinum, and on the other gold, richly dressed, a foreigner. He sat down with the men. The foreigner was interested in their atheism and remembered how he had talked with Kant on this topic, which surprised Berlioz and Homeless. The stranger asked who, if not the Almighty, controls everything on earth, to which Ivan replied that people were doing this. The foreigner said that they cannot even know their fate in advance. After that, a suspicious person predicted to Berlioz that this evening he would lose his head because of a girl who spilled oil. Then he advised Homeless to ask doctors what schizophrenia is. Later, the stranger said that he was invited to the capital of Russia as a consultant in black magic. The man was convinced of the existence of Jesus, and began the story.
Chapter 2. Pontius Pilate
The Prosecutor of Judea, Pontius Pilate, interrogated the arrested person on a duty basis. The prisoner called him a good man, but the judge denied this. Further, the centurion Mark, nicknamed the Ratman, at the request of Pilate, explained to the prisoner using a scourge that the Roman procurator should be called a hegemon. The arrested person introduced himself as Yeshua Ga-Nozri from Gamala. He was educated: in addition to Aramaic, he also knew Greek. The prisoner had no relatives. The hegemon asked if Yeshua really wanted to destroy the temple, as they said. The arrestor answered, people mixed everything up, because they did not receive the proper education. He also spoke about Levi Matvey, who collected taxes, but lost interest in money, after listening to Yeshua's sermons, and went with him to travel. The prisoner realized that Pilate had a headache, and he wanted his beloved dog to be nearby. When Yeshua told the hegemon about this, the ailment stopped. Pontius Pilate considered that this man was innocent, and even was imbued with sympathy for the traveler. The procurator was about to pardon him, but then the secretary filed a report from Judah from Kiriath that Yeshua considered power to be violence, and that one day it would not be there, and the kingdom of truth would come. It seemed to the Igemon that an ulcer appeared on the prisoner's head and teeth fell out, but soon the vision disappeared. Pontius Pilate, being a representative of the authorities, could not get away with such a crime. The prosecutor was afraid that if Yeshua was released, he would take his place on the cross. Therefore, the hegemon passed a death sentence, but in the hope that the arrested person would be pardoned in honor of Easter. The High Priest Joseph Kaifa said that he had mercy on the robber Var-Ravana. Pilate could not convince him. The convicts were taken to Lysa Gora, and the igemon returned with sadness to the palace.
Chapter 3. Seventh evidence
When the consultant finished the story, it was already evening. The stranger stated that the gospels are not a reliable source. The man said that he was at those events. Then Berlioz finally realized that the stranger was crazy. After the insane person reported that he would be accommodated in the apartment of Mikhail Alexandrovich, he left him with Ivan, and he ran around the corner to the phone. The stranger sadly asked Berlioz to believe in the end, at least in the existence of the devil. The writer played along and ran away.
Along the way, he noticed the very man who was flying in the air, not transparent anymore, but ordinary, but did not begin to talk to him. Berlioz did not stop the phrase that suddenly appeared in a glass box: "Watch out for the tram!". Mikhail Alexandrovich slipped and fell on the tramway. The counselor with a scarlet bandage slowed down, but it was too late. A tram ran over Berlioz, and his severed head galloped down the street.
Chapter 4. The chase
Paralyzed by fear, Ivan Bezdomny fell on the bench, unable to understand that his comrade was gone. Hearing conversations about Annushka and butter, the poet immediately remembered the words of the stranger, returned to him and blamed what had happened. The foreigner “ceased” to understand Russian, and the man in the checkered jacket stood up for him. Ivan guessed that they were at the same time, and tried to catch, but the comrades began to move away with supernatural speed. In addition, a cat of enormous size joined them. Ivan ran after them, and the gang was divided. Checkered left on the bus, the cat tried to pay for the ride on the tram, but the conductor did not let go, so she clung to the back and left for free. Homeless later lost that foreigner in the crowd.
Deciding that the offender must certainly be in apartment 47 of building No. 13, Ivan burst into it, but made a mistake. There were other people in the house. Grabbing a candle and a paper icon, the poet ran out of the house and went to look for the alleged criminal on the Moscow River. The homeless man undressed and left his things to the stranger to save. Returning to the shore, the poet discovered that instead of his clothes lay some castoffs. Displeased, Ivan changed into what was left to him and went on to search further.
Chapter 5. There was a case in Griboedov
In the house of Griboedov this evening, a meeting of writers was planned under the leadership of Mikhail Berlioz. The subordinates were waiting for their boss, discussing those who received the dachas, and suggesting why the chairman was delayed. Without waiting for his appearance, people went down to the restaurant and began to have fun in the evening. Upon learning of the sudden death of Berlioz, they plunged into a short grief.
When the half-naked poet Ivan Bezdomny appeared in a restaurant, looking for a foreigner, the writers sent him to a psychiatric hospital.
Chapter 6. Schizophrenia, as was said
At the hospital, Ivan told the doctor the whole truth about the death of a friend. He was even glad that they were listening to him, although he was outraged that he, an adequate person, had been put in a psychiatric hospital.
In addition to the doctors, the poet Ryukhin was also in the hospital, who testified: he reported how the Homeless was usually and in what condition he came to the restaurant. There, Ivan shouted and even got into a fight with other writers.
From the hospital, Homeless called the police to detain the consultant, but nobody began to listen there, deciding that the poet was crazy. Homeless was diagnosed with schizophrenia, so he was not released. Ryukhin left, offended by Ivan, who called him mediocre.
Chapter 7. Bad apartment
The director of the Variety Theater in Moscow, Stepan Likhodeev, woke up after drinking in apartment number 50, where he lived with Berlioz. Stepan saw his ugly reflection in the mirror, and next to him a stranger. The man introduced himself as a specialist in black magic Woland and said that they agreed to meet an hour ago. Stepan did not remember anything. Woland gave him a hangover, and his memory gradually began to recover, but Stepan still did not remember this gentleman. Likhodeev studied the contract shown by Woland, where all the signatures were in place, then went to call and, passing by Berlioz's room, was surprised that it was sealed.
Stepan talked with the financial director of Rome, who confirmed the conclusion of the contract. Woland was joined by Koroviev, a big cat and a short red-haired Azazello. The company decided that it was time to get rid of Likhodeev. After this, Stepan ended up in Yalta.
Chapter 8. The duel between the professor and the poet
The homeless wanted to go to the police to put on the wanted list a man from the Patriarch's Ponds, but the doctors said that they would not believe him, and they would send him back to the asylum. In this regard, Ivan began to write a statement right there.
Dr. Stravinsky argued that Homeless was very saddened by the death of his comrade, and he needed to rest. Ivan agreed to live in the room where they brought him food.
Chapter 9. Koroviev’s jokes
The head of the housing estate of house No. 32 bis, Nikonor Ivanovich Bosogo, began to be taken out by citizens who wished to get a room in which the chairman of MASSOLIT lived. The man, exhausted by these people, went to the ill-fated apartment, where in a sealed room he met a man in a check, who called himself Koroviev, a translator of a foreigner who lived in this apartment. At the same time, he advised Nikonor Ivanovich to look at the letter from Likhodeev, which was in his bag. In it, Stepan wrote that he was leaving for Yalta, and asked to temporarily register Woland in his apartment. After a bribe of five thousand rubles and a receipt, the case was decided, and the chairman resigned.
Woland expressed a desire not to see Barefoot anymore. Koroviev called and said that Nikonor Ivanovich profited from the currency. They came to Bosom with a check and found the man’s dollars, and the agreement disappeared along with Woland’s passport, which the chairman took to complete the paperwork.
Chapter 10. News from Yalta
Stepan Likhodeev went into the threat of Yalta, from where he sent a telegram to Variety to confirm his identity. Rimsky and his fellow administrator Varenukha took her for a joke, because a few hours ago the director called them on the home telephone and said that he was going to go to work. The men called Stepan back home, and Koroviev said that he had gone to the countryside for a car ride. Varenukha felt something was amiss and was about to go to the police. The telephone rang that told me not to go anywhere. Varenukha did not listen.
Along the way, he was caught by robbers, dragged into apartment No. 50, where he was met by a naked girl with burning eyes and deadly cold hands, who wanted to kiss him. From this man lost his senses.
Chapter 11. Bifurcation of Ivan
From excitement, Ivan Bezdomny could not write a coherent text about what happened. In addition, a thunderstorm outside the window interfered. The poet cried out of powerlessness, which bothered the paramedic Praskovya Fedorovna, who closed the window with curtains and wore pencils for him.
After the injections, Ivan began to come to his senses and decided that he should not have been so worried about the death of Berlioz, because he was not even a relative to him. Ivan thought and mentally communicated with himself. When he was ready to fall asleep, a man appeared on his window, who said: "Shh."
Chapter 12. Black magic and its exposure
The financial director Variete Rimsky did not understand where Varenukha was. The boss wanted to call the police, but for some reason not a single telephone in the theater worked. Woland arrived with a checkered man and a big cat. Entertainer Georges Bengalski introduced the consultant, saying that there is no witchcraft, and the speaker is a master of focal business.
Woland began the session with words about people. In his opinion, they became completely different in appearance, and wondered if there were changes inside. The magician conjured a rain of money, which Muscovites began to catch, pushing and swearing. Georges Bengalsky told the public that these were just tricks, and the money would now disappear. Someone from the public said to tear Georges head off. The hippo cat did it right there. Blood rushed from his neck. Then the cat forgave the entertainer, attached his head back and let go. Then Woland conjured a foreign clothing store on the stage, where he could exchange his belongings for new fashionable and expensive clothes. The ladies immediately went there. Then one of the leaders Arkady Sempleyarov angrily demanded exposure. Koroviev told the audience that on the eve of this man went to his mistress. His wife, sitting next to her, threw a scandal. Woland and his retinue soon disappeared.
Chapter 13. The Appearance of the Hero
A person who entered Ivan’s ward called himself a master and said that he had access to the balcony, because he had stolen the keys. He could have escaped from the hospital, but he had nowhere to go. When Homeless said that he writes poetry, the guest grimaced and admitted that he did not like poetry. Ivan promised not to write anymore. The stranger said that a man was brought to one of the chambers who spoke incessantly about the currency in ventilation and the evil spirits. When Ivan told the guest that he was in the hospital because of Pontius Pilate, he immediately perked up and asked for details. Then the unfamiliar man expressed regret that the critic Latunsky or the writer Mstislav Lavrovich was not in the place of the chairman of MASSOLIT. At the end of the story, the master said that the poet had seen Satan.
An unfamiliar man told about himself. He wrote a novel about the procurator of Judea. Later, the master met her beloved woman. She was married, but the marriage was unhappy. When the novel was written, it was not accepted by the publishing house, only a small piece was printed, followed by a harsh critical article. The critic Latunsky spoke out especially badly about the novel. The master burned his brainchild. The woman said she would kill Latunsky. The master also had a friend, Aloziy Mogarych, who read his novel. When a woman went to her husband to break off relations with him, there was a knock on the writer’s door. He was evicted from the apartment, and he went to live in a psychiatric hospital. He did not say anything to his beloved, so as not to drag him into his problems.
Ivan asked the master to tell the content of the novel, but he refused and left.
Chapter 14. Glory to the Rooster!
Rimsky sat at his workplace and examined the money that fell from the ceiling at the behest of Woland. He heard a police trill and saw half-naked women outside the window. The new clothes for which they exchanged old ones disappeared. Men laughed at the ladies. Rimsky wanted to call and report what had happened, but then the phone itself rang and a female voice from the receiver said not to do this, otherwise it would be bad.
After some time, Varenukha came. He said that Stepan was not in any Yalta, but got drunk in Pushkin with a telegraph operator and began to send comic telegrams. Rimsky decided that he would remove the offender from office. However, the more Varenukha told, the less the trustee believed him. In the end, Rimsky realized that all this was a lie, and he also noticed that the administrator did not cast a shadow. Rimsky pressed the panic button, but it did not work. Varenukha closed the door. Then, after three cries of a rooster, he flew out the window with a naked girl who suddenly appeared. Soon the gray-haired Roman rode by train to Leningrad.
Chapter 15. Dream of Nikanor Ivanovich
Nikanor Bosoy, while in a psychiatric hospital, talked about dark power in apartment number 50. They checked the house, but everything turned out to be in order. After the injection, the man fell asleep.
In a dream, he saw people sitting on the floor, and a young man who collected currency from them. Then the cooks brought soup with bread.When the man opened his eyes, he saw a paramedic holding a syringe. After another injection, Nikanor Ivanovich fell asleep and saw Bald Mountain.
Chapter 16. Execution
Under the command of Mark Kenturion, three convicts were led to the Bald Mountain. The crowd watched what was happening, no one made an attempt to save these people. After the execution, unable to withstand the heat, the audience left the mountain. The soldiers remained.
On the mountain was one of Yeshua's disciples Levi Matvey. He wanted to stab the teacher before execution in order to give him an easy death, but that did not work out for him. Then Matthew began to ask God to grant death to Yeshua. She did not advance, so the student began to curse the Almighty. Thunderstorm began. The soldiers pierced the criminals with spears in their hearts and left the mountain; Levi carried away the body of Yeshua, at the same time untying two other corpses.
Chapter 17. Restless Day
Accountant Variete Lastochkin, who remained in the theater for the elder, was in utter confusion. He was embarrassed by rumors walking around Moscow, frightened by the loss of Rimsky, Likhodeev and Varenukha, he was discouraged by the commotion during and after the speech, and the endless calls of the investigators were horrified. All documents about Woland and even posters disappeared.
Lastochkin went to the entertainment and entertainment committee, but, instead of the chairman, he saw only an empty suit that signed the papers, and at the branch the man in the checkered organized the choir, disappeared himself, and the women could not stop singing. Then Lastochkin wanted to make a profit, but instead of rubles he had dollars, and he was arrested.
Chapter 18. Unlucky Visitors
The uncle of the late Berlioz Maxim Poplavsky came from Ukraine to Moscow for the funeral of his nephew. He was somewhat surprised that he himself sent a telegram about his death. However, uncle found benefit in Michael's misfortune. Long dreaming of an apartment in the capital, he went to house number 32 bis in the hope of inheriting a relative's area. There was no one in the housing partnership, and in the room he was greeted by a fat cat, a man in a check, who called himself Koroviev, and Azazello. Together they took his passport from him and lowered him from the stairs.
The barman entered the apartment and announced his grief: the public of Woland paid him money that fell from the ceiling, and then the profit turned into garbage, and he suffered great losses. Woland said that he would soon die of cancer, so he did not need a lot of money. The barman immediately ran for an examination. The money with which he paid the doctor, after the patient left, also became unnecessary pieces of paper.
Part two
Chapter 19. Margarita
The young, pretty and intelligent woman whom the master loved was called Margarita. Her husband was wealthy and adored his young wife. They had a very large living space in the center of Moscow and a servant. However, in the soul, before the appearance of the master, Margarita was unhappy, since she and her husband had nothing in common. Once she came to her beloved, did not find him at home and began to worry, but could not find. The unfortunate heroine was very worried about his fate and yearned.
During the walk, the woman met the funeral procession of Berlioz, who lost his head. Margarita asked the red-haired man if there was a critic of Latunsky among these people. A man named Azazello pointed to him. Red said that he knew where her lover was, and offered to meet. He gave her a cream that needed to be used at the indicated time, and asked her to wait for the guides.
Chapter 20. Azazello Cream
Margarita was in her room. At the right time, she smeared the skin with a cream that made it even more beautiful, and her body became very light, which, jumping up, the woman hung in the air.
The phone rang. Margarita was ordered to say the word "Invisible", flying over the gate. At this moment, a sex brush appeared. The woman gave her things to the maid Natasha, and she flew away on a brush.
Chapter 21. Flight
Margarita did not fly high. When she caught up with Latunsky’s house, she climbed into his apartment, where there was no one at that time, and began to ruin everything in a row, at the same time flooding the neighbors. After that Margarita flew on.
After some time, Natasha, flying on a hog, caught up with her. She, too, was smeared with cream, and at the same time rubbed them with the bald spot of her neighbor, whom the cream had an unusual effect on. Then Margarita plunged into the lake, where she was met by mermaids and other witches, after which the whisker and goat-footed woman put the woman in the car, and she flew back to the capital.
Chapter 22. By Candlelight
Margarita flew to the house number 32 bis, and Azazello took her to the former apartment of Berlioz and Likhodeev, where Koroviev met the woman. Where she found herself was a large hall with a colonnade and without electricity. Used the candles. Koroviev said that a ball is planned, the mistress of which should be a woman named Margarita, in whom royal blood flows. It turned out that she was just a descendant of one of the French queens.
Woland immediately realized that Margarita is very smart. Natasha and the hog were right there. The maid was left with the mistress, and they promised not to cut the neighbor.
Chapter 23. Satan's Great Ball
Margarita was washed with blood, then with pink oil, after which it was rubbed with green leaves to a shine and put on very heavy clothes and jewelry. Koroviev said that the guests will be very different, but no one should be preferred. At the same time, it was necessary to take time for everyone: smile, say a few words, turn your head slightly. The cat exclaimed: “Ball! ", After which the light came on, the corresponding sounds and smells appeared.
The hall gathered world celebrities such as Vietnam and Strauss. Margarita with Koroviev, cat and Azazello welcomed guests - the inhabitants of the underworld, whose sins were relished by the interlocutors. Most of all, the mistress of the ball remembered Frida, who buried a living newborn illegitimate son in the forest, putting a handkerchief in his mouth. After that incident, the thing was placed next to her every day. After the cry of the roosters, the guests began to leave.
Chapter 24. Removing the wizard
At the end of the ball, Woland asked Margarita what she would like. The woman did not take advantage of the offer. Then he repeated it. Margarita asked to make sure that Frida was not brought a scarf. The wish was fulfilled.
The man said that she can choose something for herself. Margarita said she wants to live with the master at his home. Her lover was immediately there. Woland gave him a novel and papers to the apartment, and the slanderer Aloysiy Mogarych, who tricked him to get his house, was thrown out the window. Margarita and the master returned home.
Chapter 25. How the Procurator Tried to Save Judah from Kiriath
Pontius Pilate met with the head of the secret service. This man said that Yeshua called cowardice one of the worst vices.
The procurator said that Judah would soon be killed, and gave the man a weighty bag. According to Pilate, the traitor will receive money for the denunciation of Yeshua, and after the murder they will be thrown to the high priest.
Chapter 26. Burial
Judas came out of the house of the high priest and saw the girl Niza, to whom he had long had feelings. She made a date with him. Near the agreed meeting place, Judah was slaughtered, and coins were really thrown back to the high priest with a note of return.
At this time, Pilate had a dream that he was walking to the moon along the lunar path with his dog Banga and Yeshua. Sputnik said that from now on they will always be together. Levi Matvey told the hegemon that he wanted to kill Judah for betrayal, but Pilate himself avenged him.
Chapter 27. The end of apartment No. 50
By morning Margarita had finished the chapter. Life in Moscow began to recover little by little. Roman, Likhodeev and Varenukha found. Citizens from the psychiatric hospital were again interrogated, taking their words more seriously.
Soon, people in civilian clothes came to apartment No. 50. Koroviev said they came to arrest them. Woland and his comrades disappeared. Only the cat remained, who staged a pogrom and a fire.
Chapter 28. The Last Adventures of Koroviev and Hippopotamus
Koroviev with a cat made a row in the store. They skillfully manipulated the crowd, coming to the store, where they accepted only currency as payment. The heroes presented themselves as ordinary hard workers, and Koroviev made a fervent speech against the bourgeois who could arrange for themselves to shop in such a store. Then a man from the crowd of onlookers attacked a wealthy buyer. Frightening sellers and customers, they set fire.
Then the couple went to the restaurant MASSOLITA. They introduced themselves as dead writers, and the obliging administrator let them go away from sin, but immediately, having promised to personally watch the preparation of the fillet for the guests, he called the NKVD. Arriving operatives, without wasting time explaining, began to shoot, and the mysterious "writers" disappeared, and before that the cat again set fire to the whole hall, pouring fire from the primus.
Chapter 29. The fate of the master and Margarita is determined
In the evening, Woland and Azazello stood on the terrace of one of the most attractive buildings in the capital. Near it was stuck a long sword "consultant", which cast a distinct shadow.
Soon Levi Matvey came to them. He did not greet Woland because he did not wish him health. Satan said that light without shadows would not have made sense by pointing to his sword. The ambassador said that Yeshua asks Woland to take the master to him, because he is not worthy of light, but he has earned peace. Satan agreed.
Chapter 30. Time! It's time!
Margarita stroked her beloved master and suddenly met Azazello right in the cozy cellar. Red fatally poisoned a couple in love with red wine and immediately resurrected, declaring the will of the lord. Then they set the house on fire, mounted their horses, and the three of them rushed to heaven.
Flying past the hospital, the master said goodbye to Ivan, who was surprised at the beauty of Margarita. When the lovers disappeared and the paramedic came in, the former poet learned from her that the neighbor had passed away. Ivan said that a lady also died in the city.
Chapter 31. On the Sparrow Hills
When the bad weather was behind, a rainbow sparkled in the capital. After the lovers parted with the capital, Woland soon took them with him.
Chapter 32. Farewell and Eternal Shelter
During the journey, always cheerful Koroviev turned into a serious and pensive knight, Hippopotamus - into a bad jester, and Azazello - into a demon. The master had a braid, and on his feet were long cavalry boots. Woland took the form of a lump of darkness.
On the way, they met a man who was sitting next to his dog Banga and wanted to go with Yeshua. At the request of Margarita, Woland released Pontius Pilate. Then Satan showed in love their new home with a Venetian window covered with grapes. Margarita told the master that there she would take care of his dream.
Epilogue
Muscovites' life has improved. Everything that happened was attributed to a massive hallucination, the fault of which was skilled magicians.
Ivan Ponyryov (Homeless) stopped writing poetry, and often came to the place where he had last talked with Berlioz. He found a new job as a professor of history and philosophy. Georges Bengal remained alive and well, but he had the habit of suddenly clutching his neck, checking to see if his head was in place. Rimsky and Likhodeev changed jobs. The barman died of cancer. Aloysy Mogarych woke up on a train near Vyatka, but ended up without pants. Soon he returned to Moscow and took the place of Rome. Ivan Ponyrev often dreamed of Pontius Pilate walking along the lunar path near Yeshua, and a beautiful woman kissed the former poet on the forehead and went to the moon with her companion.
