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"Lolita", 2004.
An examination of the difference a female author would have made to Vladimir Nabokov's famous novel, "Lolita".
1,015 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 35.95
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This paper discusses Nabokov's famous novel, "Lolita," and explores what the book might have been like had it been written by a female writer. The paper contends that a female author would have created a more complex and sympathetic characterization for Lolita. The paper explains that a female novelist would have allowed Lolita's motivations to be more transparent, and the reader would better understand why Lolita became Humbert's lover and why she rejected him.
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"Nabokov's famous novel, Lolita, would have some important and essential differences had it been written by a woman. A female writer would have created a more complex and sympathetic characterization for Lolita, expanding on Nabokov's treatment of Lolita as simply a vulgar personification of the qualities of the nymphet. The impact of Humbert's obsession with Lolita and their sexual affair would have been explored more thoroughly by a female author. Further, Humbert would have felt a deeper remorse for his actions in the hands of a woman writer."
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"Lolita", 2005.
A discussion of the problem of human desire in the novel, "Lolita," by Vladimir Nabokov.
857 words (approx. 3.4 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 30.95
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This paper explains how, in the novel, "Lolita," written by Vladimir Nabokov, the author illustrates the downward spiral of human desire. Through the lens of Humbert's obsession with 'la nymphette Lolita', Humbert, thrown back and forth between desire and decision, crosses countless times the slim and shadowy line between purest ecstasy and the most wretched despair. It shows how, in "Lolita," Nabokov blurs the defining lines between love and perversion, right and wrong, presenting them in uncomfortably close juxtaposition as essentially dependent upon each other.
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"Humbert Humbert is a tortured man, deeply divided between a sensitive rationality, and his undeniable lust for a forbidden and unripened fruit. United in him are the impulses of a romantic European gentleman and the obsessions of a lascivious and lecherous old man silently lusting after the tantalizingly ephemeral nymphet. After years of this silent lust, of "... abusing himself in the dark..."(88), Humbert Humbert finds Lolita. Lolita is an ultimate nymphet; she gives herself up to H.H.'s desire, going with him on a perverse holiday across the American landscape. This "... satisfaction of Humbert Humbert's passion..."(175) is the seed of his own destruction. It is at this point in the novel that the reader discerns in its entirety the complex tragedy of Humbert Humbert. In his own way, he loves Lolita with all the tenderness in his heart, "... I loved her hopelessly... it was love at first sight, at last sight, at ever and ever sight..."(270); his love transcends his lust for her as a nymphet and he is painfully aware of the harm he inflicts upon her. However, he cannot ignore his desires and carnal passions: "The moral sense in mortals is the duty we have to pay on mortal sense of duty."(283)"
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"Lolita", 2002.
An analysis of the defilement of Humbert Humbert in Vladimir Nabokov's novel "Lolita".
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, $ 35.95
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This paper demonstrates that the character of Humbert Humbert in Vladimir Nabokov's "Lolita" is a tragic example of moral failure, where he strove to inure himself against his own innermost desires and was successful until Lolita corrupted his will.
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The Narrative Frame of Nabokov's "Lolita", 2007.
This paper considers Vladimir Nabokov's novel "Lolita" as a framed narrative.
1,303 words (approx. 5.2 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 43.95
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This paper examines the use of the literary device, framed narrative, in Nabokov's "Lolita." First, the paper defines the term framed narrative. It then suggests that this device was used in "Lolita" because of the novel's controversial content. Finally, the author suggests that Nabokov may have used framed narrative to protect himself, and possibly his position as a tenured professor.
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"As for Nabokov's note at the end, called "On a Book Entitled Lolita" (pp. 313-319), Lolita's true author ("Foreword" included), Vladimir Nabokov, comes clean immediately, in the first line of this "afterward" note to the reader, about his "impersonation of suave John Ray" (Nabokov, Lolita, p. 313). Nabokov then tells us in detail about both the genesis of, and the creative processes that went into his writing of Lolita, assuring us along the way that (1) the original idea for Lolita was a very old one, and has in fact seen several metamorphoses, on two continents, before finally emerging into the public eye, as the book it is today; (2) his urge to write it was solely a literary one (and he has in fact been writing novels, in not one language but two, since 1924), and once the idea finally emerged into the raw form of a novel, he had no creative choice but (like an itch that simply must be scratched) to finish it; (3) that he had initially been reticent to sign his own name to the book; (4) that he is in fact a stably married man, with hobbies, interests, and a routine kind of life ("Every summer my wife and I go butterfly hunting" (p. 314)), and that this particular work, his own artistic creation Lolita, is a work of art, not pornography (". . . in pornographic novels, action has to be limited to the copulation of cliches", p. 315)"
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"Lolita" and Gender Construction, 2004.
A post-modern analysis of Vladimir Nabokov's "Lolita" and the way the novel approaches gender construction.
1,200 words (approx. 4.8 pages), 0 sources, $ 41.95
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The paper begins with a brief introduction utilizing an old saying. It continues into the construction of gender that Vladimir Nabokov portrays throughout the novel, "Lolita". The paper peers into Humbert's and Quilty's respective constructions initially and later in the novel. This paper was from a postmodernist perspective.
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"In the novel Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov, Butler's theory of self-construction applies magnificently to the novel's construction of gender. Throughout the novel, masculinity and femininity are constructed, deconstructed, and rebuilt by the actions of the protagonist, Humbert, in order to better facilitate his changing goals and desires. Consequently, one learns that gender's only constant facet is change."
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"Lolita", 2007.
An analysis of the theme of love in the story "Lolita" by Vladimir Nabokov.
1,512 words (approx. 6.0 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 49.95
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This paper discusses the novel "Lolita," by Vladimir Nabokov, which is a story about a pedophile and his relationship with a young 12 year old girl. It particularly focuses on one of the primary themes in the work which has often gone overlooked; that of love. The paper follows this theme through the story and explains how it influences the events that take place.
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"Humpert loved Lolita for what she was and what she represented, but not as a person. He exerted power and influence over her to meet his own selfish desires; not because he truly loved her. But in this way, love is a major theme of Lolita. Love is the driving force of the work as love is the cause of the madness and the actions which follow. However, it is a love gone wrong, a love tainted with obsession. Humpert loves an idea and loves nothing else. He is mad and his love is an obsessive kind that drives all the major characters towards dismay endings. Thus Lolita is perhaps also a warning on the dangers of unjust love, the power of love, and the often indiscernible differences between love and obsession. Lost must be giving, and Humpert is always taking. He cannot truly have loved Lolita for he wanted to put her to sleep and kill her mom to achieve his goals. But his desire for the girl is something more than ordinary and can be construed as love, and even the product of a previous love that ended in tragedy. Humpert therefore is a character who is caught the middle of madness, love, obsession, and a twisted perspective on life. But because his love is false, it does not make Lolita something other than a love story. Even at times when Humpert finds love with Lolita, it does last and his obsessive nature means he always unfulfilled until the very end."
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Nabokov's "Lolita", 2004.
This paper offers an analysis of "Lolita" by Vladimir Nabokov.
1,582 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 55.95
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The paper discusses Nabokov's novel, "Lolita," that focuses on the invalid nature of the narrator's attempted justification for why we should not judge him morally for his seduction of a prepubescent nymphet.
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"Because of its depiction of the sexual obsession of a suave literary pedophile's for a prepubescent girl, Vladimir Nabokov's "Lolita" shocked readers and critics alike upon publication. However, the narrator Humbert attempts to provide us with an account of his nymphet love in a manner that tries to justify his pedophilia as driven by an artistic aesthetic."
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"Lolita", 2003.
An analysis of Vladimir Nabokov's controversial novel "Lolita".
2,070 words (approx. 8.3 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 71.95
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This paper examines Vladimir Nabokov's novel, "Lolita," on the relationship between a middle-aged man and a 12-year-old girl. It argues that it is art and not pornography.
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Nabokov's "Lolita", 2008.
An examination of Vladimir Nabokov's controversial novel "Lolita".
2,299 words (approx. 9.2 pages), 0 sources, MLA, $ 70.95
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This paper looks at how Vladimir Nabokov's Humbert Humbert is a prime example of a character that forces the general public to reconsider what they view as acceptable behavior in literature and society and how throughout the book Nabokov demands of his readers a very personal analysis not only into his writing but into the reader's own sense of decency. It contends that while Nabokov's story is hardly pornographic, it deals heavily with the idea of child molestation though it is never expressly called that in the book and how, while it is now considered one of the greatest books ever written, it is still a testament to the fact that the idea of exploring the sexual misdeeds of a grown man with a child will always result in strong emotions from the reader.
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"This depraved sense of normalcy lends itself to many uncomfortable moments throughout the book. Humbert is a man destined to be his own undoing. An emotionally clumsy man, he sees himself as very subtle and stealthy yet to the reader his agenda is very transparent. This becomes clear from the first day Humbert meets Lolita. After moving from Europe to the United States he ends up boarding with a woman named Charlotte Haze. From the moment he walks in the door of her home the reader is acutely aware of his desire to flee. He is immediately turned off by the state of her home and we see that it is quite obvious to the Haze woman. His attitude changes immediately however as soon as he sets eyes on Lolita. "
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Vladimir Nabokov's "Lolita", 2005.
Analysis of Vladimir Nabokov's famous 20th century novel, "Lolita".
1,839 words (approx. 7.4 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 58.95
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This paper summarizes Nabokov's novel about an older man?s obsessive love and lustful desire for a young girl and points out that, however beautifully written the novel, sexuality between an adult and child is as morally unacceptable and criminally punishable today as it was in the mid-Fifties when the story was written.
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"Humbert begins his manuscript expressing his passion and love for ?Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul?. standing four feet ten in one sock. She was Lola in slacks. She was Dolly at school. She was Dolores on the dotted line. But in my arms she was always Lolita? (Nabokov pp 9). Nabokov?s character then goes on to describe his childhood and his adolescent relationship with the ?girl-child,? Annabel, whom he referred to as the ?precursor? to Lolita (Nabokov pp 9). Of Humbert?s encounter with Annabel, Nabokov writes that she would ?let me feed on her open mouth, while with a generosity that was ready to offer her everything, my heart, my throat, my entrails, I gave her to hold in her awkward fist the scepter of my passion? (Nabokov pp 15). This brief sexual encounter ended before climax when the two were interrupted by chance onlookers. Annabel died some four months later."
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Nabokov: Lolita, 1987.
Explores similarities & differences between Nabokov's book & Kubrick's movie LOLITA.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 5 sources, $ 31.95
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"The novel Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov and the film version by director Stanley Kubrick differ in a number of ways as to plot, characters, and tone. Of course, the primary difference is in medium, and this is especially important for this novel given that wordplay is a vital element in it, while the film only touches on that aspect of Humbert Humbert's obsessive life. The major diversion Kubrick takes from the book is found in his elevation of Quilty to a major character.
The novel was a controversial one. It was published first in 1955 in France because Nabokov could not find an American publisher, but the book was finally published in the United States in 1958 and became an immediate best-seller:
It is biography, detective story, tale of the double, romantic novel, travel book, comedy, but also tragedy,(...)"
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Edgar Allan Poe's Influence on the Film "Lolita", 2001.
A look at the role Edgar Allan Poe played in Stanley Kubrick's cinematic version of "Lolita."
1,834 words (approx. 7.3 pages), 10 sources, $ 58.95
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This paper presents an analysis of Poe's influence on Stanley Kubrick's cinematic adaptation of Nabokov's novel.
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"From this wicked confessional on Humbert Humbert, the protagonist/ doppleganger of Vladimir Nabokov?s 1961 novel Lolita, we can begin to explore the question as to the true identity of Lolita, the child nymphet, the Odysseyian siren, the uncorrupted maiden ?chaste as morning dew? who destroyed Humbert?s mind and life. According to Humbert the diarist."
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Lolita, 2002.
An analysis.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 26.95
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This paper discusses whether Nabokov's Lolita is a manipulative woman or whether the men who fall for her are falling for her charms. Also discussed are how women older than Lolita would react in her position.
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The Use of Language in Nabokov's "Lolita", 2000.
A look at how the protagonist, although an offensive character, uses language to win his reader's sympathy.
1,346 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 0 sources, $ 45.95
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This paper analyzes how the use of language in "Lolita" is meant to change the reader's perception of the protagonist's actions.
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"In his novel, Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov writes of a man, Humbert Humbert, plagued by his uncontrollable desire for the love of nymphets. Humbert acknowledges how those reading his accounts will judge them as amoral and wrong, so he attempts to use language, the descriptive analysis of events and people, to create a bond between himself and the reader."
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"Lolita", 2006.
Examines the theme of love in this novel by Vladimir Nabokov.
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This paper shows that reading the passages of Vladimir Nabokov's "Lolita" is a meditation on love because the topic is on every page, either in the forefront or lying hidden just below the surface, ready to appear at the slightest observance. The paper argues that it would be impossible to read the novel and not see the love within. This does not mean that the reader understands or shares Humbert Humbert's longings and desires. They may be repulsed by the same, but the novel invokes a meditation on love, and from it we can discern the definitions and qualities (or lack thereof) that constitute love.
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"Yet, when she tells him that she will not come to live with him, he leaves. Possibly broken-hearted, obviously mentally unstable, he abandons the quest. This is one of the definitions of true love. Love regardless of circumstances, or situations, or physical form. But what is lost upon Humbert is that he is the cause of Lolita's current situation. So even when he shows his love is unconditional, he still misses the role his possessive love has played in destroying Lolita's life."
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