Explore the notion of morality and love in Lolita by depicting Humbert’s manipulative, uncanny nature with analyzing the relationships he has with other people.

摘要

Vladimir Nabokov’s novel named “Lolita” has been always for ages a very controversial and complex piece of art. Many people have had difficulties with understanding the scope and the core of the novel; to get into the depth, analysis of the major characters has always been very difficult. It has always been very problematic and challenging to think out of the box and go beyond the limits. What Nabokov put out and created is an exceptional piece of work that has altered and influenced many ways of thinking. ududThe aim of this study is to investigate and analyze fully the eerie nature of Humbert Humbert in Nabokov’s novel, Lolita. The research question goes like the following; ududExplore the notion of morality and love in Lolita by depicting Humbert’s manipulative, uncanny nature with analyzing the relationships he has with other people.udud The essay has been aimed to define the notion of love and morality in many ways possible to get to a conclusion about Humbert’s feelings. Since the novel is not exactly and necessarily very understandable, rather exceedingly debatable, some difficulties were faced like mentioned. Therefore, the fact that the narrator is not a reliable source to base the facts and the conclusion, the events and the affairs were used to have a clear judgment. udud To get into a concise conclusion and have a clear understanding of the novel, many researches has been done. The method was to separate the two parts of the novel and investigate them independently and each of them consists of the relations Humbert Humbert has with the other characters. As for the conclusion, how Humbert’s psychological development has been terminated was examined and analyzed.