This mans a brain worker, with a carefully trimmed, sharp-pointed beard and grey moustaches, bold. Of course, rejuvenation is always a metaphor for revolution in this book-and Bulgakov’s disdain for the Russian Revolution is already clear. And hes never afraid because he always has enough to eat. Therefore, the billboard is also an ironic sign of the way Philip’s experiment fails: Bulgakov seems to think that rejuvenation is not possible. In fact, when Philip operates on Sharik, he doesn’t rejuvenate or improve him-instead, he makes him into a revolting and intolerable humanoid.

Of course, this symbolism is all part of Bulgakov’s satire: readers can tell that he has something sinister in mind with Sharik, who is too dull to notice because he’s a dog. The billboard foreshadows his profession as a doctor performing rejuvenation treatments, but it also clearly points to Sharik’s hope to find a new lease on life through the gentleman’s kindness. Read 3159 reviews from the worlds largest community for readers.

Philip represents the refinement and luxury of the Russian aristocracy, as compared with the barren desperation of the masses. Operas based on Master and Margarita include York Höllers adaptation, and Heart of a Dog has been turned into an opera by both Paula af Malmborg Ward and Alexander Raskatov. The gentleman’s dignity, kindness, and air of abundance obviously contrasts with the harsh, unforgiving landscape that has dominated the novel so far. A strange tale about a starving Moscow street dog metamorphized into something resembling a human, at least in the essential respects of human biology. RT operamagazine: The writer Mikhail Bulgakov was born in Kyiv OTD in 1891.

Heart of a dog by mikhail bulgakov