Carleigh Craparo 12.3.12 English Lolita can be described as a controversial book that can draw the readers in and cause them to feel sympathetic towards a man who is a murderer‚ pedophile‚ predator‚ and an egomaniac. The author‚ Vladimir Nabokov‚ seduced the readers’ minds’ with numerous elements about Humbert to distract them from his true evil tendencies. Humbert is the main character of Lolita and describes his life story from an American jail cell. He begins to describe his childhood and
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Boutry M W 11:10-12:35 Pedophilia Lolita‚ the novel by Vladimir Nabokov‚ tells the story of Humbert Humbert‚ who is a perfect example of a pedophile. Dolores "Lolita" Haze becomes the sexual object of a pedophile’s desires and is left unprotected with the sudden death of her mother. Although the character Humbert Humbert describes his feelings toward the twelve year old Lolita as love‚ in actuality‚ it is obsessive lust. Nabokov does an excellent job displaying the characteristics of pedophilia
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The Mastermind Artist and Poet After reading Vladimir Nabokov’s narrative‚ Lolita‚ most readers find themselves unwittingly accepting and even sharing the feelings of Humbert Humbert. Of course‚ the feelings they share are not those of becoming like Humbert but rather absentmindedly pitying and sympathizing with him‚ which are unusual outcomes felt towards a psychopath. As Mathew Winston‚ a critic‚ once stated‚ the novel “plays a very serious game with the relations between a work of art‚ the experiences
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the questionably innocent twelve year old Dolores Haze‚ better known as Lolita. Humbert‚ in his extravagant and flowery description of Lolita‚ implies the word "nymphet"‚ a term invented by Humbert himself and introduced to the English language by Nabokov in 1955 when the novel was first published‚ to refer not only to the object of his affection but also to other girls of Lolita’s age and characteristics. “Nymphic” is adjectival for the noun ’nymph’ and the Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia
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Very few books are capable of eliciting the same notoriety than that of Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita. A story told solely through the mind of a pedophile in love‚ Lolita has become one of the most arduous books to read‚ which consequently made it one of the most talked about during the mid twentieth century. With a plot immensely difficult to ingest‚ and a protagonist with hauntingly low morals and an indisputable fondness of word play‚ Lolita was and still remains a landmark book with undisputable
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Satire and Criticism in Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita It took Vladimir Nabokov nearly five years to finish perhaps one his most famous masterpieces‚ Lolita. Because of Lolita’s subject matter‚ many readers during Nabokov’s native mid 20th Century were appalled and disturbed. How could someone write a novel about pedophilia‚ murder‚ and the sexual abuse and rape of a child? However‚ amongst the many offended (and particularly ignorant) readers‚ there emerged an understanding of Nabokov’s true intent
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Lolita is a novel by Vladimir Nabokov‚ first written in English and published in 1955 in Paris and 1958 in New York‚ and later translated by the author into Russian. The book is internationally famous for its innovative style and infamous for its controversial subject: the protagonist and unreliable narrator‚ middle-aged Humbert Humbert‚ who becomes obsessed and sexually involved with a 12-year-old girl named Dolores Haze. After its publication‚ Nabokov’s Lolita attained a classic status‚ becoming
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Comparative Analysis of the Literary work‚ Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov and the Artistic Works of Balthasar Klossowski de Rola‚ Better Known as Balthus Lolita is written as a memoir in the first person by its main character‚ Humbert Humbert. This is a story that could be viewed in two very different ways‚ two very different perspectives. One could look at it as a story of a middle age pedophile as evidenced by the quote “Humbert Humbert is without question an honest-to-God‚ open-and-shut sexual
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I was warned that if I I went in to reading Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita expecting to bring out some deeper purpose‚ that I would be sorely disappointed; however‚ it is human nature to search for meaning. “‘Knowing’ Lolita: Sexual Deviance and Normality in Nabokov’s Lolita‚” may not bring a full meaning to Nabokov infamous novel‚ but Eric Goldman’s interpretation brings forth an important argument that the text makes. Goldman’s article addresses the way that Lolita challenges conservative ideas that
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family is now faced with a lack of money‚ since Gregor was the only person working‚ leaving him to feel worthless and like a disappointment as opposed 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." Enhancing this nightmarish quality of this novella are Kafka ’s limited third person perspective‚ a matter-of- fact tone and clear black and white preciseness. Due to
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