the Master

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fictional character protagonist writer

The Master is a reclusive, tormented writer in Bulgakov’s novel who authors a controversial manuscript about Pontius Pilate and becomes central to the story’s exploration of truth, love, and persecution.

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Label Occurrences
The Master 2
the Master canonical 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
protagonist ⓘ
writer ⓘ
alsoKnownAs the historian ⓘ
appearsIn The Master and Margarita NERFINISHED ⓘ
centralTo exploration of love in The Master and Margarita ⓘ
exploration of persecution in The Master and Margarita ⓘ
exploration of truth in The Master and Margarita ⓘ
characterTrait introspective ⓘ
reclusive ⓘ
sensitive ⓘ
tormented ⓘ
committedTo psychiatric clinic ⓘ
conflictWith Soviet literary establishment NERFINISHED ⓘ
literary critics ⓘ
connectedTo Pontius Pilate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yeshua Ha-Notsri NERFINISHED ⓘ
creator Mikhail Bulgakov NERFINISHED ⓘ
experiences mental breakdown ⓘ
firstAppearance The Master and Margarita NERFINISHED ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
grantedBy Woland NERFINISHED ⓘ
inLoveWith Margarita NERFINISHED ⓘ
inspiredBy Bulgakov’s own experiences with censorship ⓘ
interactsWith Woland NERFINISHED ⓘ
literaryPeriod 20th-century Russian literature ⓘ
narrativeFunction author of the embedded Pilate narrative ⓘ
nationality Russian ⓘ
occupation writer ⓘ
persecutedFor his manuscript about Pontius Pilate ⓘ
receives eternal rest rather than light ⓘ
receivesFrom peace from Woland ⓘ
rescuedBy Margarita NERFINISHED ⓘ
residence Moscow ⓘ
romanticPartner Margarita NERFINISHED ⓘ
settingOfStory Stalin-era Moscow NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectOf censorship ⓘ
denunciation ⓘ
symbolizes conflict between art and power ⓘ
persecuted artist ⓘ
search for truth ⓘ
themeOfWork Pontius Pilate NERFINISHED ⓘ
cowardice ⓘ
moral responsibility ⓘ
truth ⓘ
workAuthored manuscript about Pontius Pilate ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Master and Margarita → mainCharacter → the Master ⓘ
Vasiliy Fet → fightsAgainst → the Master ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Master
The Mistress → alsoKnownAs → the Master ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Master