Lolita Tone

1. Lolita, by Vladimir Nabokov, is 281 pages long, was originally published in Paris, France, and was copyrighted in 1955. The novel is an erotic tragicomedy set in France and America in the 1940s.
2. Humbert Humbert’s personality is quite erudite. Humbert uses words very carefully in speech as well as in writing. Humbert uses his tone and diction to take the reader’s attention from the terrible acts which are actually being described and as a result, he becomes far less despicable to the reader. Playing with words softens the blows of the horrors of Humbert’s lived fantasies. The emotional pull of the story is dependent upon Humbert’s intellect. Without his precise choice of words, Humbert would become a common pervert, and even
Had it not been for the move to the United States, Humbet would never have encountered Lolita. Without interaction between Humbert and the eponymous nymphet, the plot of the story would not exist, for it is she who is the reincarnate of Annabel. This girl-child being two loves of Humbert’s in the same body creates a magnetic attraction to the child.
4. Lolita opens with Humbert Humbert’s profession of love for his “nymphet” Lolita. The narrative transfers immediately to his physical encounter with a certain Annabel Leigh with whom he fell madly in love. Though the relationship was very physical, lack of sexual consummation in the prepubescent stage left Humbert with desires for prepubescence. The narrative moves forward to France where, after a near affari with an underage prostitute, Humbert marries his first wife, Valeria. When Humbert’s American uncle dies, he is asked to come to New York to carry on the business of his uncle. When he asks Valeria to travel with him, she reveals she is having an affair with a Russian taxi driver. Divorce proceedings follow this
Once he recovers, he decides to get away from New York and his business and is sent to a New England town known as Ramsdale. His original place of residence burns down as he arrives, but he is sent to a nearby home. It is there that Humbert comes face to face with the nymphet of his dreams, Lolita.
5. The climax of the novel occurs when Humbert is told Lolita has been checked out of the hospital by her “uncle.” This knowledge sends him into a fit of rage. In this state, Humbert flies to the hospital where Lolita had been kidnapped. There, he nearly assaults a doctor in the waiting room and yells at people hiding under the chairs from fear of his anger. Once Humbert calms, he vows to kill the man who abducted his Lolita. This leads to Humbert’s multiple year journey searching for Lolita and her