Lolita was originally published in 1995 and contains the story of a Humbert Humbert’s obsession with a adolescent girl; Lolita. The work itself ventured into territory which previously had not been discussed on such an open, and public forum. The author Vladimir Nabokov was able to successfully capture the mind and narrative of a phedophile in the form of H.H (Humbert Humbert). Yet what made this novel so different was the ability of every single reader, willingly or unwillingly to capture the story from the perspective of Humbert, leading to even the most experienced of readers having to remind themselves not to emphasize with the self obsessed monster that H.H was. The particular scene in the novel which will be discussed is the prelude …show more content…
Expect the difference being at the end of the novel the reader will still condone the thoughts of Humbert, although with far more understanding as to why some people; or in this case Humbert think on such a level. By “Exposing the suffering of a forgotten class of victims” Nabokov is able to portray his vision to the reader, that although Humbert is still a monster the key to stopping such behaviour is rather than just condemning it, understanding the reasoning behind the actions as well. This being said it’s obvious that Nabokov is careful not to let the reader take either side of the bias, which is why the ending as an anticlimax acts as the perfect equilibrium reminding the reader what Humbert really is behind his literary aesthetics. Without the attempt at redemption through the death of quilty, Nabokov would have been at risk of leaving the reader perhaps too warm with Humbert’s character. If a feeling of empathy after the final denial from Dolores had creeped onto the reader then the scene prior to the death of quilty would have evoked any such emotion due to the amoral crux of Humberts behaviour coming to fruition yet …show more content…
The scene prior to Quilty’s death entails the main character, Humbert Humbert in the prelude of murdering his self made nemesis Clare Quilty. The scene set the final tone of the novel, with a bitter sweet anticlimactic altercation between the two characters. Qualities non schelont attitude denies Humbert the opportunity to convince those hooked by his narrative that he is the hero which he considers himself. This lead on to the second notion surrounding why Nabokov structured the ending of the novel in such a way, revealing Humbert as the unreliable Narrator. Throughout the course of the novel the reader is encapsulated in Humbets narrative and the way he views the world. Nabokov does this to teach the reader the importance of stepping outside of narratives and being able to establish one's own opinions and views, regardless of the bias information being delivered via the medium of a