Essays Tagged: "Humbert"

Humbert's obsession with Lolita, lust vs. love in "Lolita" by Nabakov

The relationship between Humbert Humbert and Lolita, is highly undefined. Many readers who have read Lolita find it to be bas ... ighly undefined. Many readers who have read Lolita find it to be based on "lust", while others find Humbert to truly be in "love" with his Lolita. However, there is evidence that Humbert's desire for ... some obsessive-compulsive behavior which he cannot control, and therefore keeps returning for her. Humbert's obsessions can be clearly recognized in his behaviors when looked upon in H. R. Beech's Ob ...

(4 pages) 101 0 3.7 Feb/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

The Face of Evil

lita, Nabokov takes a man who might be considered to be all of these things and puts a face on him. Humbert is the main character of this novel and, therefore, has a very round personality. His histor ... ite Lolita eludes the audience to sense that Nabokov is condoning the action of his main character, Humbert. This, in fact, is not Nabokov's intention.Throughout Lolita, violence and moral depravity i ...

(6 pages) 53 0 0.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Lolita

Humbert went threw many emotional breakdowns throughout his lifetime, which seemingly dulled his rea ... orces him to marry her mother, just to be near to her. This lust is caused by the many tragedies in Humbert's life, and if it wasn't for those tragedies and his emotional pain, Humbert's outcome could ... for young girls is wrong; he just wants the jury to understand why he craved such an immoral desire.Humbert had the love of his life torn away from him in a tragic accident, from that moment he was no ...

(3 pages) 42 0 3.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Case # Q32888; Investigation: Clare Quilty murder "Statement of Dolores (Haze) Schiller" essay based on: Lolita, by Vladimir Nabokov

"... it is imperative to the investigation for us to find out what occurred between you, Mr. Humbert and Mr. Quilty. Detective Noreika and I guarantee complete confidentiality, and support." ... iminal implications here. Mr. Quilty had a past criminal prosecution for a similar offense; and Mr. Humbert may have further charges against him." "And, no, it was not a paternal jealousy that ...

(14 pages) 27 0 5.0 Aug/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Analysis of Vladimir Nabokov's 'Pale Fire'

l set of events at all. The style with which the commentary is written is likened to that of Humbert Humbert in Nabokov's more famous work Lolita. Nabokov appears to have a softness for eccentr ... Nabokov appears to have a softness for eccentric characters, for the outcasts and freaks of nature. Humbert Humbert is eccentric in a quiet way and the jokes and innuendos that crop up in the prose in ...

(5 pages) 65 3 4.4 Aug/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Is Vladamir Nabokov's "Lolita" the most convincing love story of our time?

story of our century"? Yes and no. Upon first reading, the author seems to imply a genuine love on Humbert's part, especially after his visit with the grown Lolita, but an in-depth analysis may prove ... o live up to the reader's expectations of a dynamic character.An early indication of the connection Humbert feels with Lolita is his doomed childhood relationship with Annabel, whom he refers to once ...

(6 pages) 44 0 5.0 May/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Modernism and Postmodernism in Vladimir Nabokov's "Lolita"

Nabokov tries to explain his use of language from a modernist approach: language is complex , Humbert describes in great detail his feelings and thoughts, the struggle inside him between the "mo ... love for beauty and innocence.There is a focus on the inner world, the world seen through his eyes. Humbert is a typical modern character: sensitive, an artist.He tries to let the reader understand hi ...

(3 pages) 55 0 0.0 Oct/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Modernism and Postmodernism - fragment analysis on "Lolita" by Vladimir Nabokov

, 124)Nabokov tries to explain his use of language from a modernist approach: language is complex , Humbert describes in great detail his feelings and thoughts, the struggle inside him between the "mo ... love for beauty and innocence.There is a focus on the inner world, the world seen through his eyes. Humbert is a typical modern character: sensitive, an artist.He tries to let the reader understand hi ...

(3 pages) 32 0 5.0 Mar/2007

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Lolita (Film and Novel Compari

ssics of the century. Lolita is a twelve-year-old girl, who is desired by the European intellectual Humbert Humbert. As the narrator of the story, Humbert chronicles his abnormal childhood, adolescent ... ee the novel as something more than I took it, like a contrast between the modernistic character of Humbert Humbert against the post-modern Americans that he encounters. Forget all that, I honestly th ...

(5 pages) 18 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Art Essays > Drama

Lolita

ssics of the century. Lolita is a twelve-year-old girl, who is desired by the European intellectual Humbert Humbert. As the narrator of the story, Humbert chronicles his abnormal childhood, adolescent ... ee the novel as something more than I took it, like a contrast between the modernistic character of Humbert Humbert against the post-modern Americans that he encounters. Forget all that, I honestly th ...

(5 pages) 26 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Art Essays > Drama

Incest

romantic alternative. Nabokov reveals the growth of incest to love. Having the incest not occurred, Humbert Humbert would never have asked himself many questions, and would never have answered them. T ... following has to be clarified: I unify the images of Annabel and Lolita. These are the two nymphets Humbert Humbert is in love with. This is not a voluntary and random idea of mine. Allusions for this ...

(7 pages) 19 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

Lolita

camp, Lolita asks her stepfather, ?Well, you haven?t kissed me yet have you?? which is followed by Humbert and Lo?s first real kiss, a kiss that, like her goodbye kiss before she left for camp, was i ... uld have had a bigger impact. It should be recognized that it was Lolita herself that ?flowed? into Humbert?s arms and that it was she who ?pressed her mouth to mine so hard that I felt her big front ...

(8 pages) 16 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies > The Media

Vladimir Nabokov’s Controversial Novel Lolita

a cynical plot, with an abhorred protagonist, into a lyrically poetic novel that ultimately reveals Humbert Humbert as a sympathetic character or one who we (the reader) come to understand. Consequent ... es her, and through his eyes we are able to view Lolita in the same light and with the same passion Humbert does. That is with idyllic love and beauty regardless of her age. We understand H.H?s desire ...

(11 pages) 22 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

Lolita (chapter 18)

This section of the book Lolita depicts the nuptials between Humbert and Charlotte, and it allows the reader to get inside Humbert's head to discover - as if rea ... for the alert reader (and even for the reader who is perusing through or skimming through). Indeed, Humbert explains his actions with such narrative attention that the reader is taken on a journey of ... ho had at one time a crush on a girl that was young to be legal) become sensually aroused.Of course Humbert also mocks himself and has fun with his own alliteration and ironies, and the Chapter 18 nar ...

(5 pages) 7 0 0.0 Nov/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Descriptive Essays