Written by Bulgakov in Stalinist Russia, The Master and the Margarita is an exploration into the metaphysical realm of evil and good. The writer's own battles with expression and desire for the arts to be openly available to all in Russia to are clear from the beginning. As shown by the protagonists who are poets, writers or individuals involved in theatre and the antagonists as those forces of evil epitomised by Professor Woland and his cunning aides. Woland et. al are shown to be those in control, arguably comparable to the Stalin regime. Despite its messages, it is a shame elements are lost from its translation, which makes it at times, a hard but worthwhile read.
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