To diagnose the main character in Lolita, Humbert Humbert, fully would take the minds of many psychologists. In Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita, we see the world through the twisted eyes of humbert humbert as he awaits his murder trial, after seeking vengeance on Quilty for luring his adolescent step-daughter and lover, Dolores Haze, away from him. Echoing Freudian psychology, Humbert’s obsession with the nymphet, or a sexually precocious young girl, that captivate him began at the death of his childhood love, Annabel. Since they were both kids at similar age, Annabel was purely viewed as his first love and a typical relationship for their age . However, Annabel’s death occurs before Humbert and Annabel were given an opportunity to consummate their
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In a prison cell Humbert writes, “The simple human fact that whatever spiritual solace I might find, whatever lithophanic eternities might be provided for me, nothing could make my lolita forget the foul lust I had inflicted upon her”(283). Only from the aftermath to Humbert was it transparent that he had ruined Dolores Haze’s childhood. Once Lolita’s mother had died, Lolita had nowhere to go but to her step-father, Humbert to provide for her. However, Humbert was no father figure but rather more of a boyfriend or even husband to the adolescent Lolita. This forces Lolita into a mature relationship that they have no idea how to handle because they have little to no other relationships with other males. Understandably, Lolita’s personality is changed to learn to use her given sexual power over men to achieve what she wants in the absence of a father-figure, leaving a dark reality of life for a …show more content…
Humbert speaks from prison on the treatment to his illness, “I see nothing for the treatment of my misery but the melancholy and very local palliative of articulate art”(283). As Humbert waits in prison, the thoughts of Lolita and nymphets surely haunt his mind, as he still continues his obsession with Dolores Haze well after she is starting a family with another man. Art allows him release and the only way to keep the beauty of Lolita forever frozen, as Lolita has now aged beyond that of a nymphet. We see Humbert’s insanity as he writes these beautiful phrases which capture his true “unacceptable” nature, and show the cracks of his mental
In a prison cell Humbert writes, “The simple human fact that whatever spiritual solace I might find, whatever lithophanic eternities might be provided for me, nothing could make my lolita forget the foul lust I had inflicted upon her”(283). Only from the aftermath to Humbert was it transparent that he had ruined Dolores Haze’s childhood. Once Lolita’s mother had died, Lolita had nowhere to go but to her step-father, Humbert to provide for her. However, Humbert was no father figure but rather more of a boyfriend or even husband to the adolescent Lolita. This forces Lolita into a mature relationship that they have no idea how to handle because they have little to no other relationships with other males. Understandably, Lolita’s personality is changed to learn to use her given sexual power over men to achieve what she wants in the absence of a father-figure, leaving a dark reality of life for a …show more content…
Humbert speaks from prison on the treatment to his illness, “I see nothing for the treatment of my misery but the melancholy and very local palliative of articulate art”(283). As Humbert waits in prison, the thoughts of Lolita and nymphets surely haunt his mind, as he still continues his obsession with Dolores Haze well after she is starting a family with another man. Art allows him release and the only way to keep the beauty of Lolita forever frozen, as Lolita has now aged beyond that of a nymphet. We see Humbert’s insanity as he writes these beautiful phrases which capture his true “unacceptable” nature, and show the cracks of his mental