‘But tell me, why does Margarita call you a master?’ asked Woland. Pilate, then, represents human authority as a counterpoint to Yeshua’s godly authority-his millennial torture comes from the realization that the second is more meaningful than the first. At this, the dazed Pilate follows his dog up a moonlit path and is reunited with Yeshua. Pilate is eventually set free, when the master is encouraged by Woland to complete his novel by granting Pilate his liberty. Pilate longs to be with Yeshua and for his decision approve the execution to be undone. But this doesn’t bring him any true resolution, and Pilate spends two thousand years in a kind of limbo, looking up at the moon with his faithful dog, Banga, by his side. Sensing that he has made a mistake in allowing Yeshua to die, Pilate tries to atone by killing Judas of Kiriath, the man who set up Yeshua’s arrest. That said, Yeshua’s unique character based on compassion and empathy intrigues him, ultimately increasing its hold over him more and more as time goes on. Pilate holds a high-pressured position of authority and can’t be seen to show weakness. His story represents the counterpoint narrative to the main action in Moscow, and centers on his decision to approve the execution of Yeshua Ha-Nozri in the city of Yershalaim. Pontius Pilate is the fifth procurator of Judea and the subject of the master’s novel.
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