This section of The Master and Margarita provides greater insight into the nature of the relationship of the novel’s titular characters. Their love was “true, eternal and faithful”. Contrary to the belief of the master, “she had not forgotten him”. She wants to forget him or to find him - those are the only two possibilities. And yet she thinks it “impossible” to forget him, leaving only the one possibility. It is for this reason that she jumps at the opportunity presented to her by Azazello.
I found the Margarita’s encounter with Azazello disturbing; she says “I would pawn my soul to the devil to out whether he is dead or alive” and then, out of nowhere, Azezello, one of the devil’s entourage, appears to speak to her. This could be representative of the censorship of Communist Russian society in that everything said is monitored.
The last thing I would like to address is the magical cream that Margarita is given by Azazello. Certainly it makes her more youthful and more violent, but is it the cream that makes her commit such acts of destruction as she does? Or did she possess this evil within herself already? Presumably such questions will be answered as the novel progresses.
-Primus Stove
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