Humbert

The role of art, when delving into human suffering and matters of good and evil, ought to be that of a delivering agent, designed to extract a form of universal truth from the very consciousness of the observer, and act as mirror for humanity's dual reality. The present paper aims to analyze the traditional and modern theories of theodicy in relation to literature, insofar as literary works such as Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita or Fyodor Dostoyevsky's The Brothers Karamazov owe their widely acknowledged

The question is how to begin writing this autobiography. This feat in itself is quite an undertaking in which I will have to utilize full sexual efficiency. During this essay I will discuss the sexual prefaces of the entity in which is known as the Luke Aulbert. I will try to make this reflection as explicit and transparent as possible, however since this spectrum of writing is new to me, the writing style and transparency of which is typically me will must certainly lack in grace. Anyways, let’s

This passage is what Driblette says to Oedipa about the play The Courier’s Tragedy. Of course, I am not dismissing Gravity’s Rainbow as a nonentity. I choose this passage to be the general epigraph for Gravity’s Rainbow, first because it genuinely echoes what some classmates said in class about the value of Gravity’s Rainbow. Also, this passage as an epigraph, especially the first sentence, is just hilarious, and thus consistent with the seriocomic nature of Gravity’s Rainbow. Many classmates find

Throughout the novel, Humbert accuses Lolita of encouraging their sexual relationship thus ”implicating his victim,” and causing the reader to blame Humbert less for his perverted actions. Similarly, the Iranian government blames other countries, religions, and women for the violence in Iran and the strict, discriminatory laws which allows

Cerularius, headed by Cardinal Humbert, with his own set of demands and accusations against the patriarch. As it turned out, Leo died in the midst of the mission, but the group continued its task. The meetings between Cardinal Humbert and Patriarch Cerularius were angry and bitter. Mistrust and a desire to maintain ecclesiastical power ruled the day. No useful dialogue could occur in such a poisoned atmosphere. Mutual excommunication Finally, relations between Cerularius and Humbert were strained to the breaking

Alfred Hitchcock’s declaration that the desire “to give the public, good, healthy, mental shake-ups” motivates his art accurately describes the effect that occurs after absorbing both his films and words of Vladimir Nabokov. Both creators are masterly at crafting their art so that the viewer is left with their ‘dorsal hairs standing on end’. Nabokov and Hitchcock are both thoroughly successful in their endeavors to create products that are both gripping and innovative. The artistry of both Hitchcock

It seems that drugs have become a major epidemic within teenagers in the last few years. There is only so much that can be done to try and eliminate drug use, while not dramatically changing anything in the community. Drug testing the district’s student athletes provides many reasons that it is a worthwhile expense. Lawyers, Mark Vetter and Daniel Chanen, stated in the Sports Law Institute Newsletter “First, student-athletes were the leaders of the drug culture” (Vetter and Chanen ¶3). This simple

mirrors are use often to help show these dualities throughout his films. In Lolita, Humbert faces a moral dilemma with his obsession for Lolita. He knows his feelings are wrong, but he cannot help himself and he is too weak to fight it. Humbert then has an opposing force that parallels him, this being the character of Quilty, who haunts him throughout the rest of the movie. Only by killing Quilty can Humbert come to terms with this duality. Also in The Shining there are parallels between Jack

novels covered extensively in Nafisi’s classroom share a common theme: dreams. Throughout this section, the audience is introduced to the primary theme that recurs repeatedly, that of dreams and their relationship with reality. The protagonist Humbert Humbert of the novel Lolita and Jay Gatsby of Great Gatsby both fantasize of possessing another human, even succeeding to a certain point. Both characters are able to attain their prey in body, but never in spirit. Both Lolita and Daisy succumb to their

example of a novel incorporating literary vampirism is “Lolita.” The selfish old man, Humbert, and his pedofile tendencies create a horrific situation for the youthful Dolores. While at first he kept his desires to himself in a journal, he eventually acted on them. Though Dolores did have feelings for him, she had only been twelve at the time, much too young to be romantically involved with a man Humbert’s age. Humbert knowing Dolores had feelings for him showed his manipulation because he knew she was