Melts in your Mouth: A Look at Humbert Humbert’s Lolita
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SummaryHumbert, throughout Lolita, creates an inescapable defeat through his interactions with Lolita and his antagonist, Clare Quilty. These interactions contradict his early confidence in possessing Lolita. These characters consciously threat Humbert’s exclusive relationship with Lolita. Their successful efforts, especially those of Lolita herself, against Humbert’s idealized romance with Lolita stand as manifestations of inherent vulnerabilities within committed relationships, exposing a common thread between masochism and monogamy.
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- Humbert loses his control over Lolita when he leaves opportunities for her to take initiative to help herself out of his authority.
- Wanda confesses that she can only love for a finite amount of time.
- There are a countless number of examples of Humbert's humiliations throughout Lolita including the example of the lollipop and the mechanic.
- Severin is able to maintain a last glimpse of empowerment.
- From the very start Quilty understands Humbert's attraction to nymphettes.
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