Essays Tagged: "Vladimir Nabokov"
Humbert's obsession with Lolita, lust vs. love in "Lolita" by Nabakov
rejecting aspects by which the person gains quasi-independence from her by identifying with her." (Nabokov, 112) This conception is demonstrated in Humbert's relationship with Charolette Haze. By Hum ... poor lady in her middle thirties, she had a shiny forehead, plucked eyebrows and quite simple..." (Nabokov, 37) Furthermore, Humbert states, "Had Charlotte been Valaria, I would have known how to han ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
A minor response to the poem "Softest of Tongues" by Vladimir Nabokov
s and sometimes accepting that change can be difficult. In the poem "Softest of Tongue" poet Vladir Nabokov expresses the burden of accepting change and saying goodbye to the past. Nabokov writes of a ... llows and with it a start of a new beginning.With the acceptance of change follows a new beginning. Nabokov shows how the persona comes to terms with the change in the lines "to all these things I've ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Language Studies > Writing
Nabokov's Interpretation of the Metamorphosis
ly until the "vermin" finally dies. Insight and analysis of story provided by the Russian novelist Vladimir Nabokov suggests that it is Gregor who is a human in a beetle's disguise, while those aroun ... masked as humans, while Gregor is the human disguised as an insect.Work CitedNabokov, Vladimir. Vladimir Nabokov's Lecture on "The Metamorphosis." Internet. http://victorian.fortuneci ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
The Face of Evil
omed 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 mainstream moral th ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
Lolita
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Analysis of Vladimir Nabokov's 'Pale Fire'
" I've no general ideas to exploit, I just like composing riddles with elegant solutions." - Vladimir NabokovWhile it can be argued that Nabokov's work is rich in ideas, his description of his ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Reading "Signs and Symbols" by Vladimir Nabokov
"Signs and Symbols" by Vladimir Nabokov, has been read in many different ways by many different readers. The story depicts ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors
"The Metamorphosis" - Kafka : Analyzing the reasons behind Vladimir Nabokov's critique
sed to the importance that he once held. Kafka's tone and overall style according to Russian author Vladimir Nabokov makes The Metamorphosis a "striking contrast to the nightmare of the tale." Enhanci ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
Is Vladamir Nabokov's "Lolita" the most convincing love story of our time?
t'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 in order to live up to the reader's expectations ... lita is his doomed childhood relationship with Annabel, whom he refers to once as his "dead bride" (Nabokov 39). He seems to be telling the reader that because he could not consummate their bond, he i ...
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 , Humber ... lay - nymphet - from nymph - is a trait of postmodernism, as well as the fact that with this novel, Nabokov is not only experimenting with a new theme but also reaches the limit of decency and origina ... act of sex with Humbert; he sees the girl-child as a third sex, not man, not woman, but above.With Nabokov's novel, there is an attempt to discover and relate the inside of a man that is different ( ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Modernism and Postmodernism - fragment analysis on "Lolita" by Vladimir Nabokov
iety rules), 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.ht ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Sexual Innocence
e, 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 link with child sexu ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology
Lolita (Film and Novel Compari
ellent movie. I?m sure you can tell I thought Lolita the movie was without a doubt in the spirit of Nabokov?s novel. I?m not sure he would like the changes but I did.
Subjects: Art Essays > Drama
Lolita
ellent movie. I?m sure you can tell I thought Lolita the movie was without a doubt in the spirit of Nabokov?s novel. I?m not sure he would like the changes but I did.
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. ... ged but incest 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 yea ... ent authors are influenced to different extend. Some are said to be international as is the case of Nabokov. Irony, which is very often his main character's attitude in Lolita, makes Nabokov seem with ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry
Lolita
ven Norman Mailer, in the 'Naked and the Dead' had to write 'fug' instead of you-know-what." (Jong) Vladimir Nabakov had just finished writing Lolita in the spring of 1954 and immediately began lookin ...
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 ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare
Lolita (chapter 18)
have an opportunity to carry his lust into a bed with a twelve-year-old nymphet.Works CitedNabokov, Vladimir. Lolita. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1955.
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Descriptive Essays
Lolita Complex
ers to her partner as "my old man" or "my daddy". In one of her songs, Off to the Races, she quotes Vladimir Nabokov, writer of Lolita, singing, "light of your life, fire of your loins" (AZLyrics). In ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues
Axel`s biography
Subjects: Art Essays > Drama