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Ivan's Diagnosis and Hospitalization from "The Master and Margarita". Ivan is brought to Professor Stravinsky's psychiatric clinic, where he is diagnosed with schizophrenia. He is given a sedative and placed in a private room.

later that night, at the clinic

Ivan's Diagnosis and Hospitalization

Ivan is brought to Professor Stravinsky's psychiatric clinic, where he is diagnosed with schizophrenia. He is given a sedative and placed in a private room. Despite his protests, he is treated as a mental patient. The doctor, Stravinsky, calmly explains that Ivan's story about Woland and Pontius Pilate is a symptom of his illness. Ivan begins to doubt his own sanity.