Essays on Lolita
The novel Lolita, published in 1955, tells the story of a middle-aged English professor named Humbert Humbert who, after marrying his landlady Charlotte Haze, becomes the stepfather of 12-year-old Dolores Haze; or as he describes her, Lolita. From the start, Humbert develops an obsession for Dolores and when Charlotte passes away in a car accident,...
In Vladmir Nabokov’s Lolita, the central narration belongs to that of a character named ‘Humbert Humbert’, the lone purpose of his narrative is to present and prove himself as superior to others. The narration is that of a man whose wicked actions are not a result of his “physical desires” but instead his “psychological need...
Books can be made on extremely controversial topics, and they may or may not be exceptional topics. Any book with a controversial topic either becomes a flop or becomes a classic novel as time passes for different reasons. One book that did become a classic novel, Lolita, is regarded as a classic novel today because...
Introduction and aims This investigation will validate the focal question at hand, how does the writer present the central theme of obsessive love through linguistic features in the two texts ‘Lolita’ by Vladimir Nabokov and Margaux Fragoso’s ‘Tiger, tiger’. In my first chosen literary text, the main character Humbert reveals to his fictional audience his...
An investigation into how Vladimir Nabokov’s “Lolita” and Andrew LLoyd Webber’s “The Phantom of the Opera” use figurative language and power of language to present the imbalance of power in relationships Introduction and Aims: The imbalance of power is strongly evident in both “The Phantom of the Opera” and “Lolita”. As readers experience newly constructed...