This series of chapters marks the end of The Master and Margarita. I would first like to remark that it seemed as if Woland and his cohorts became less intimidating and, even, more comical over the course of the novel. Woland went from laughing at lung cancer to aiding the Master and Margarita and granting them eternal peace. In the comical vein, Koroviev and Behemoth appear to Woland reeking “of smoke, Behemoth’s face was sooty and his cap was singed” – not at all an imposing image.
Later, Matthu Levi appears to the devilish ensemble, asking Woland (and showing little respect in the process) to grant the Master and Margarita eternal peace. Unfortunately, this for some reason requires killing them, a fact that didn’t seem reasonable to me.
In the final chapter, night strips away all “deception”, and everyone is depicted in their true forms. Behemoth, for example, is apparently not actually a cat, but a “youth” and a “jester”. Even the Master appears to have changed in the moonlight. However, this last chapter, in which the Master meets Pontius Pilate was perplexing. It is clear the Pontius Pilate is haunted by his not having fully expressed himself to Yeshua, but I was not sure why he needed the Master to set him “free”.
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