Essays Tagged: "Lolita"

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 based on "lust", while ... 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 Lolita is based on some obsessive-compu ... es through his descriptive word choices and his over bearing personality, such as when he describes Lolita after returning from camp to be, "...all rose and honey, ressed in her brightest gingham, wit ...

(4 pages) 101 0 3.7 Feb/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Its about radio broadcasting, how to host a radio talk.

Radio BroadcastingKey: SR = Studio Reporter (Lolita Lee)FR = Field Reporter (Linda Lam)H = HerculesSR: Good evening ladies and gentlemen this is ... , which bit her on the leg.We cross now to our filed reporter Linda Lam for more details.FR: Thanks Lolita, I?m standing by the river at the site of Euridice?s tragic death earlier this evening. As yo ... at 9 for the 9o?clock ABC news, we look at the USA 2000 ELECTION and the issues behind it. This is Lolita Lee, see you then.

(3 pages) 50 0 2.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Drama

Creative writing, its a short story about a girl who is addicted to smoking.

his family has lung illnesses caused by smoking and he knows all that. But why is he still smoking? Lolita Lee talks to him about that and a whole lot more.First, give us a brief history of Justin Mac ...

(2 pages) 86 0 3.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

The Face of Evil

ome accustomed to these events because we do not put a face on the people that commit these crimes. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov is a novel that puts a face on a man who commits crimes against mainstrea ... se disturbing images; he was in fact criticizing them. Nabokov's use of morally decrepit imagery in Lolita gives a personality to a pedophile as well as paints a picture for a deeper meaning to the st ...

(6 pages) 53 0 0.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Lolita

re for his perfect girl will plague his mind until his death. His lust for Dolores, better known as Lolita, even forces him to marry her mother, just to be near to her. This lust is caused by the many ... ching for all those long years. He wasn't going to let anyone take that feeling away from him. When Lolita was taken form him on their second road trip, it put him in a severe depression. It was many ...

(3 pages) 42 0 3.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Analysis of Vladimir Nabokov's 'Pale Fire'

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 eccentric characters, for the outcasts and freaks of ... and the jokes and innuendos that crop up in the prose in Pale Fire are similar in style to those in Lolita - both books are written by eccentric, pompous characters and the prose style mimics this. Fo ...

(5 pages) 65 3 4.4 Aug/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Street Syndicates.

had something to do with Cesar Toreno leader of the El Diablo's, the Spanish gang operating over on Lolita Court. It's been nearly a month now and there has been no bloodshed. For once that's somethin ... ost in power and confidence."Alright, this is how were going to do it. Both cars are going to enter Lolita Court simultaneously and once you reach the circle everyone get out of the car and cause as m ...

(7 pages) 15 0 4.3 Nov/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

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

Lolita is many things: comedy, tragedy, and a parody of both, but is it "the only convincing love st ... e 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 that Nabokov was merely simulating the entire narrative i ... ader'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 as his "dead bride" ...

(6 pages) 44 0 5.0 May/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Modernism and Postmodernism in Vladimir Nabokov's "Lolita"

ng - to give a definition of his strange passion, the deep self analysis as well as the analysis of Lolita from the point of view of a nymphet , are all features of modernism.The word play - nymphet - ...

(3 pages) 55 0 0.0 Oct/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

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

ng - to give a definition of his strange passion, the deep self analysis as well as the analysis of Lolita from the point of view of a nymphet , are all features of modernism.The word play - nymphet - ... ), to romanticize that man and the bond between him and a "nymphet".Works Cited:Nabokov , Vladimir, Lolita, , New York, Berkley Books, 1983http://www.hku.hk/english/courses2000/7006/week1.htmwww. Answ ...

(3 pages) 32 0 5.0 Mar/2007

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Sexual Innocence

society as a whole, and the sensitive issue of 'Eroticization' comes into play here.Novels such as Lolita written by Vladimir Nabokov (1955) have caused widespread controversy due to the subject's li ... s link with child sexual abuse. The books male character 'Humbert' eroticizes the female character 'Lolita'. This is controversial because he is in his fifties and she is just twelve. Humbert talks of ...

(7 pages) 82 0 5.0 Oct/2007

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Lolita (Film and Novel Compari

Lolita is one of the most unconventional literary classics of the century. Lolita is a twelve-year-o ... ires for nymphets. This point is made clear in both the novel and movie. I will show that the movie Lolita, is a solid rendition of the novel of the same name.Now some critics might see the novel as s ... g love story. On the surface level it was about an obsessive man and his love for nymphets, who met Lolita, the object of his desires. There were differences between the movie and the novel, yet I fel ...

(5 pages) 18 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Art Essays > Drama

Lolita

Lolita is one of the most unconventional literary classics of the century. Lolita is a twelve-year-o ... ires for nymphets. This point is made clear in both the novel and movie. I will show that the movie Lolita, is a solid rendition of the novel of the same name.Now some critics might see the novel as s ... g love story. On the surface level it was about an obsessive man and his love for nymphets, who met Lolita, the object of his desires. There were differences between the movie and the novel, yet I fel ...

(5 pages) 26 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Art Essays > Drama

Incest

Incest in Thackeray's Vanity Fair, Nabokov's Lolita and Allan Poe's Annabel Lee In modern literature there are many examples of incest. Incest is ... cest as such can be recognized . Here are two excerpts to display the latter. One is from Nabokov's Lolita, the other is from Thackeray's Vanity Fair." I had thought that months, perhaps years, would ... in the cases when a given individual is raised to the rank of father, mother, son or sister. So in Lolita, it is also a case of incest but between are a surrogate father and daughter.The similarities ...

(7 pages) 19 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

Lolita

LOLITA How did they ever make a movie out of Lolita? The tagline for Stanley Kubrick's 1962 film ver ... ow did they ever make a movie out of Lolita? The tagline for Stanley Kubrick's 1962 film version of Lolita said it all. Films and books "inspire, but may provoke. They thrill but sometimes offend. And ... like, whereas theatres are restricted to which movies are allowed to be shown. The film versions of Lolita were censored more strictly than the book due to ratings that restricted viewers, they were e ...

(8 pages) 16 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies > The Media

Vladimir Nabokov’s Controversial Novel Lolita

Vladimir Nabokov?s controversial novel Lolita has endured heavy criticism ever since its publication in 1955. Criticism, however, is always ... ince its publication in 1955. Criticism, however, is always met with opposition, and in the case of Lolita critics and supporters have expressed their concerns and applause vehemently. ?Throughout its ... tics and supporters have expressed their concerns and applause vehemently. ?Throughout its history, Lolita has been the subject of arguments veering between the two points of literary value and pornog ...

(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 Hu ... s own alliteration and ironies, and the Chapter 18 narrative is typical. He says, while speaking to Lolita on the phone (p. 74) - he is "trembling and brimming with my mastery over fate" during the ph ... showing his "indifference" to Charlotte would cause. Oh, Charlotte is ugly compared to sexy little Lolita; he could tolerate Charlotte's imperfections, like her "heavy hips" and "round knees" and the ...

(5 pages) 7 0 0.0 Nov/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Descriptive Essays

Loalita

Topic 1: Use the material in Unit 4: Pornography to argue:Whether Lolita should be labeled as pornography, andWhether or not the book should be censored (why or why n ... k should be censored (why or why not) and to what extent.The Controversial Pornographic Dilemmas in LolitaRamzi NassereddineEAC492, F14October 20, 2014Anthony Dayton"Lolita, light of my life, fire of ... y life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul…" (Nabokov, 9)Written in the 1950s, Nabokov's book Lolita is one of immense controversy still to this date. Breaking conservative tradition, this epic ...

(4 pages) 4 0 0.0 Nov/2014

Subjects: Social Science Essays