Ostap Bender and Theodore Woland. Similarities, differences, prototypes

Why are Bender and Woland the twin brothers?
How many literary and historical prototypes did the great combinator and prince of darkness have?
What fact laid the basis of the famous phrase Ostap: “Or maybe you give you another key to the apartment where the money is?”
What is common between Woland and Christ?
Why doesn"t Ostap want to be a “first student” and declares “serious disagreements” with the Soviet government?
How do Kisa Vorobyaninov and the Cat of Hippo relate to each other?
Who is hidden under the guise of an “artist in a tuxedo”, calling for spectators in the theater to take a currency?
Are there parallels between the early feuilletons of Ilf and Petrov and the novels Twelve Chairs and Golden Calf?
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