{"id":1125,"date":"2010-07-19T10:00:14","date_gmt":"2010-07-19T10:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/?p=1125"},"modified":"2014-07-17T13:23:57","modified_gmt":"2014-07-17T13:23:57","slug":"reading-master-and-margarita-chapter-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/reading-master-and-margarita-chapter-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading \u00ab\u041c\u0430\u0441\u0442\u0435\u0440 \u0438 \u041c\u0430\u0440\u0433\u0430\u0440\u0438\u0442\u0430\u00bb: Chapter 7"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Have you ever been hung over after an especially rowdy night of partying? If yes then you can probably relate especially well to the opening of the Chapter 7 of M&M, \u00ab<\/strong>\u041d\u0435\u0445\u043e\u0440\u043e<\/span>\u0448\u0430\u044f <\/strong>\u043a\u0432\u0430\u0440\u0442\u0438<\/span>\u0440\u0430\u00bb<\/strong> [The Evil Apartment]. After all, poor \u00ab<\/strong>\u0421\u0442\u0451<\/span>\u043f\u0430 <\/strong>\u041b\u0438\u0445\u043e\u0434\u0435<\/span>\u0435\u0432\u00bb<\/strong> [Styopa Likhodeyev] suffered through a horrible \u00ab<\/strong>\u043f\u043e\u0445\u043c\u0435<\/span>\u043b\u044c\u0435\u00bb<\/strong> [hangover] all through this short chapter.<\/p>\n

Another Russian word for hangover is \u00ab<\/strong>\u0431\u043e\u0434\u0443<\/span>\u043d\u00bb<\/strong> as in \u00ab<\/strong>\u0421\u0442\u0451\u043f\u0430 <\/strong>\u0431\u044b\u043b <\/strong>\u0441 <\/strong>\u0442\u0430\u043a\u043e<\/span>\u0433\u043e <\/strong>\u0431\u043e\u0434\u0443\u043d\u0430<\/span>, <\/strong>\u0447\u0442\u043e <\/strong>\u0441 <\/strong>\u0442\u0440\u0443\u0434\u043e<\/span>\u043c <\/strong>\u0443\u0437\u043d\u0430<\/span>\u043b <\/strong>\u0441\u0435\u0431\u044f<\/span> <\/strong>\u0432 <\/strong>\u0437\u0435<\/span>\u0440\u043a\u0430\u043b\u0435\u00bb<\/strong> [Styopa was suffering from such a horrid hangover that he had a hard time recognizing himself in the mirror].<\/p>\n

By the way, the last name \u00ab<\/strong>\u041b\u0438\u0445\u043e\u0434\u0435<\/span>\u0435\u0432\u00bb<\/strong> is made up of two words – \u00ab<\/strong>\u043b\u0438<\/span>\u0445\u043e\u00bb<\/strong> [trouble, mischief] and \u00ab<\/strong>\u0434\u0435<\/span>\u043b\u0430\u0442\u044c\u00bb<\/strong> [to do]. Thus the name describes and labels its owner as a scoundrel even before we get to learn any specifics about him. Ok, so Styopa isn\u2019t evil or malicious. After all, his list of \u00ab<\/strong>\u0441\u0432\u0438<\/span>\u043d\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e\u00bb<\/strong> [smut, piggery] includes just the ordinary stuff – \u00ab<\/strong>\u043f\u044c\u044f<\/span>\u043d\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e\u00bb<\/strong> [drunkenness], \u00ab<\/strong>\u043d\u0438\u0447\u0435\u0433\u043e<\/span> <\/strong>\u043d\u0435 <\/strong>\u0434\u0435<\/span>\u043b\u0430\u043d\u044c\u0435\u00bb<\/strong> [not doing anything], and \u00ab<\/strong>\u043d\u0435\u0443\u043c\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u0435 <\/strong>\u0432\u044b\u043f\u043e\u043b\u043d\u044f<\/span>\u0442\u044c <\/strong>\u0441\u0432\u043e\u044e<\/span> <\/strong>\u0440\u0430\u0431\u043e<\/span>\u0442\u0443\u00bb<\/strong> [inability to do one\u2019s work]. \u00ab<\/strong>\u0411\u043e<\/span>\u043b\u044c\u0448\u0435 <\/strong>\u0442\u043e\u0433\u043e<\/span>\u00bb<\/strong> [moreover], he sounds like someone who \u00ab<\/strong>\u0437\u043d\u0430<\/span>\u0435\u0442, <\/strong>\u043a\u0430\u043a <\/strong>\u0443\u0441\u0442\u0440\u043e<\/span>\u0438\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f\u00bb<\/strong> [knows how to get comfortable in life]. As for \u00ab<\/strong>\u0432\u0442\u0438\u0440\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u044c <\/strong>\u043e\u0447\u043a\u0438<\/span> <\/strong>\u043d\u0430\u0447\u0430<\/span>\u043b\u044c\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0443\u00bb<\/strong> [blow smoke in the authorities\u2019 eyes], that can even be a source of pride and a measure of one\u2019s ability to make the most out of circumstances.<\/p>\n

Interestingly, Woland seems to treat Styopa nicely, at least at first. He addresses Styopa as \u00ab<\/strong>\u0441\u0438\u043c\u043f\u0430\u0442\u0438<\/span>\u0447\u043d\u0435\u0439\u0448\u0438\u0439 <\/strong>\u0421\u0442\u0435\u043f\u0430<\/span>\u043d <\/strong>\u0411\u043e\u0433\u0434\u0430<\/span>\u043d\u043e\u0432\u0438\u0447\u00bb<\/strong> [most amiable Stepan Bogdanovich]. He treats Styopa\u2019s hangover with some impeccably-served \u00ab<\/strong>\u0445\u043e\u043b\u043e<\/span>\u0434\u043d\u044b\u0435 <\/strong>\u0438 <\/strong>\u0433\u043e\u0440\u044f<\/span>\u0447\u0438\u0435 <\/strong>\u0437\u0430\u043a\u0443<\/span>\u0441\u043a\u0438\u00bb<\/strong> [cold and hot appetizers] and a bit of cold vodka, relying on the good old \u00ab<\/strong>\u043a\u043b\u0438\u043d <\/strong>\u043a\u043b\u0438<\/span>\u043d\u043e\u043c <\/strong>\u0432\u044b\u0448\u0438\u0431\u0430<\/span>\u0435\u0442\u0441\u044f\u00bb<\/strong> [the hair of the dog that bit you] approach. He obliges Styopa\u2019s \u00ab<\/strong>\u0437\u0430\u0431\u044b<\/span>\u0432\u0447\u0438\u0432\u043e\u0441\u0442\u044c\u00bb<\/strong> [forgetfulness] and fills in the blanks in Styopa\u2019s memory.\u00a0 And even though he teaches Styopa a lesson after all, the punishment is relatively mild compared to those metered to Berlioz (death) and the young poet Bezdomniy (madness).<\/p>\n

And how about the \u00ab<\/strong>\u043d\u0435\u0445\u043e\u0440\u043e<\/span>\u0448\u0430\u044f <\/strong>\u043a\u0432\u0430\u0440\u0442\u0438<\/span>\u0440\u0430 \u211650\u00bb<\/strong> [the evil apartment #50]? Turns out, Woland taking up residence there only reinforces the apartment\u2019s already-established reputation as a place where \u00ab<\/strong>\u0447\u0451\u0440\u0442 <\/strong>\u0437\u043d\u0430<\/span>\u0435\u0442 <\/strong>\u0447\u0442\u043e <\/strong>\u0442\u0432\u043e\u0440\u0438<\/span>\u0442\u0441\u044f\u00bb<\/strong> [devil knows what happens]. The apartment was a place of many \u00ab<\/strong>\u043d\u0435\u043e\u0431\u044a\u044f\u0441\u043d\u0438<\/span>\u043c\u044b\u0435 <\/strong>\u043f\u0440\u043e\u0438\u0441\u0448\u0435<\/span>\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0438\u044f\u00bb<\/strong> [unexplained incidents] when people disappeared without a trace or as they say in Russia, \u00ab<\/strong>\u043a\u0430\u043a <\/strong>\u0432 <\/strong>\u043e<\/span><\/strong>\u043c\u0443\u0442 <\/strong>\u043a\u0430<\/span>\u043d\u0443\u043b\u0438\u00bb<\/strong> [lit. to fall into a deep swimming hole]. And you probably know who lives at the bottom of that deep hole, right? (Hint: \u00ab<\/strong>\u0432 <\/strong>\u0442\u0438<\/span>\u0445\u043e\u043c <\/strong>\u043e<\/span><\/strong>\u043c\u0443\u0442\u0435 <\/strong>\u0447\u0435<\/span>\u0440\u0442\u0438 <\/strong>\u0432\u043e<\/span>\u0434\u044f\u0442\u0441\u044f\u00bb<\/strong> [lit. the demons lurk in the deep water]).<\/p>\n

The novel was written during the time when purges where getting more and more terrifying and all-encompassing; when a single ill-spoken word could lead to the disappearance of not only the hapless person who uttered it, but those who were near enough to hear it. It was the time when people left for work not knowing whether they would return to their loved ones that evening or not, as the nameless lodger who \u00ab<\/strong>\u043d\u0435 <\/strong>\u0432\u0435\u0440\u043d\u0443<\/span>\u043b\u0441\u044f <\/strong>\u043d\u0435 <\/strong>\u0442\u043e<\/span>\u043b\u044c\u043a\u043e <\/strong>\u0447\u0435<\/span>\u0440\u0435\u0437 <\/strong>\u0434\u0435<\/span>\u0441\u044f\u0442\u044c <\/strong>\u043c\u0438\u043d\u0443<\/span>\u0442, <\/strong>\u0430 <\/strong>\u0432\u043e\u043e\u0431\u0449\u0435<\/span> <\/strong>\u043d\u0438\u043a\u043e\u0433\u0434\u0430<\/span> <\/strong>\u043d\u0435 <\/strong>\u0432\u0435\u0440\u043d\u0443<\/span>\u043b\u0441\u044f\u00bb<\/strong> [not only did not return in ten minutes, he never returned at all].<\/p>\n

Many were picked up in the middle of the night, hence Anfisa\u2019s comment that she \u00ab<\/strong>\u0437\u043d\u0430<\/span>\u0435\u0442, <\/strong>\u043a\u0442\u043e <\/strong>\u0443\u0442\u0430\u0449\u0438<\/span>\u043b <\/strong>\u0438 <\/strong>\u0436\u0438\u043b\u044c\u0446\u0430<\/span> <\/strong>\u0438 <\/strong>\u043c\u0438\u043b\u0438\u0446\u0438\u043e\u043d\u0435<\/span>\u0440\u0430, <\/strong>\u0442\u043e<\/span>\u043b\u044c\u043a\u043e <\/strong>\u043a <\/strong>\u043d\u043e<\/span>\u0447\u0438 <\/strong>\u043d\u0435 <\/strong>\u0445\u043e<\/span>\u0447\u0435\u0442 <\/strong>\u0433\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0440\u0438<\/span>\u0442\u044c\u00bb<\/strong> [knows who it was that had spirited away both the lodge and the policeman, only she didn\u2019t want to say because it was almost night time.]<\/p>\n

Those arrested were subjected to intense interrogations and threats and frequently confessed to things they\u2019ve never said or done and listed other innocents as their accomplices. Those poor souls were arrested next and the cycle repeated itself, drawing more and more terrified people into the vortex. \u00ab\u041d\u0443, \u0430 \u043a\u043e\u043b\u0434\u043e\u0432\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0443<\/span>, \u043a\u0430\u043a \u0438\u0437\u0432\u0435<\/span>\u0441\u0442\u043d\u043e, \u0441\u0442\u043e<\/span>\u0438\u0442 \u0442\u043e<\/span>\u043b\u044c\u043a\u043e \u043d\u0430\u0447\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f, \u0430 \u0442\u0430\u043c \u0443\u0436 \u0435\u0433\u043e<\/span> \u043d\u0438\u0447\u0435<\/span>\u043c \u043d\u0435 \u043e\u0441\u0442\u0430\u043d\u043e<\/span>\u0432\u0438\u0448\u044c.\u00bb<\/strong> [Well, as everyone knows, once witchcraft gets started, there\u2019s no stopping it.]<\/p>\n

The arrests were accompanied by searches – \u00ab<\/strong>\u0432 \u211650-<\/strong>\u043c <\/strong>\u0432\u0441\u044e <\/strong>\u043d\u043e\u0447\u044c <\/strong>\u0441\u043b\u044b<\/span>\u0448\u0430\u043b\u0438\u0441\u044c <\/strong>\u043a\u0430\u043a\u0438<\/span>\u0435-<\/strong>\u0442\u043e <\/strong>\u0441\u0442\u0443<\/span>\u043a\u0438 <\/strong>\u0438… <\/strong>\u0434\u043e <\/strong>\u0443\u0442\u0440\u0430<\/span> <\/strong>\u0432 <\/strong>\u043e<\/span><\/strong>\u043a\u043d\u0430\u0445 <\/strong>\u0433\u043e\u0440\u0435<\/span>\u043b <\/strong>\u044d\u043b\u0435\u043a\u0442\u0440\u0438<\/span>\u0447\u0435\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439 <\/strong>\u0441\u0432\u0435\u0442\u00bb<\/strong> [knocking sounds were heard in #50 all night long and\u2026 the lights were on until daybreak].<\/p>\n

Personally, I think Chapter 7 is the first chapter in which Bulgakov openly declares that forces a lot more dangerous and evil than Woland had been at play in Moscow for quite some time. So for all the tomfoolery around Styopa\u2019s hangover, the introduction of Woland\u2019s unusual servants, and the light-hearted description of the evil apartment, this seems to be the darkest chapter so far.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Have you ever been hung over after an especially rowdy night of partying? If yes then you can probably relate especially well to the opening of the Chapter 7 of M&M, \u00ab\u041d\u0435\u0445\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0448\u0430\u044f \u043a\u0432\u0430\u0440\u0442\u0438\u0440\u0430\u00bb [The Evil Apartment]. After all, poor \u00ab\u0421\u0442\u0451\u043f\u0430 \u041b\u0438\u0445\u043e\u0434\u0435\u0435\u0432\u00bb [Styopa Likhodeyev] suffered through a horrible \u00ab\u043f\u043e\u0445\u043c\u0435\u043b\u044c\u0435\u00bb [hangover] all through this short chapter. Another…<\/p>\n

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