“Lolita‚ light of my life‚ fire of my loins. My sin‚ my soul” The opening lines of ‘Lolita’ directly initiate the reader into the essence of Nabokov’s bewildering novel where an obviously pedophilic protagonist Humbert Humbert narrates his undying love/lust for the questionably innocent twelve year old Dolores Haze‚ better known as Lolita. Humbert‚ in his extravagant and flowery description of Lolita‚ implies the word "nymphet"‚ a term invented by Humbert himself and introduced to the English language
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The definition of being honorable is someone with high respect. My personal definition of being honorable is that you think of others and the well-being of the earth and you are respectful. Vladimir Vernadsky is honorable because of his numerous discoveries about nature and the earth. Vernadsky was born on March 12‚ 1863 in Saint Petersburg‚ Russia. His father was a professor that taught political economy at the Moscow University‚ and his mother was a noblewoman. He started developing an interest
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Vladimir Lenin: A Catalyst for Revolution In the late 19th and early 20th centuries‚ revolutionary Vladimir Lenin was the driving force behind Russian Marxism‚ reformation and organization of the working class‚ and the political catalyst behind the Revolution of 1905. During this time period‚ the new Russian working class had left the countryside for urban factories. Workers revolted against Tsarist oppression and participated in illegal strikes. Lenin organized workers under the Social Democratic
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Delatorre 1 Griselda Delatorre November 30‚ 2011 English 101 Boutry M W 11:10-12:35 Pedophilia Lolita‚ the novel by Vladimir Nabokov‚ tells the story of Humbert Humbert‚ who is a perfect example of a pedophile. Dolores "Lolita" Haze becomes the sexual object of a pedophile’s desires and is left unprotected with the sudden death of her mother. Although the character Humbert Humbert describes his feelings toward the twelve year old Lolita as love‚ in actuality‚ it is obsessive lust. Nabokov
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In Signs and Symbols by Vladimir Nabokov‚ a family of Russian immigrants (which consists of a set of elderly parents and a mentally ill son) plan a visit for their son’s birthday in the mental institution in which he resides. The parents arrive at the institution only to be told that their son has recently attempted suicide again and the nurses do not think a visit would be good for his mental health. They begin the long journey home downtrodden and upset‚ and once they are finally home the father
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help the reader truly visualize the words being spoken. It brings the text alive‚ giving it a great meaning and serving a greater purpose. Through imagery‚ secrets within the text can be revealed‚ furthering the analyzation of the text itself. In Vladimir Nabokov’s book Lolita‚ the use of imagery definitely plays a large part in the development of the characters and how the reader will initially view them. Throughout the novel‚ the main character Humbert Humbert expresses the love and affection
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Niccolo Machiavelli had a grand vision of a man who would rule with cleverness and a steady hand when he wrote The Prince. Russia delivered a leader capable of taking power and controlling it in such a form as Machiavelli prescribed it. Vladimir Ilich Lenin was this man‚ he became the first leader of one of the most Machiavellian governments ever in existence‚ the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Lenin represented the key principles of the Machiavellian idea. When the Communist government
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Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov‚ or Vladimir Lenin as he is more popularly known‚ was a well-known communist revolutionary in Russia who went on to be one of the most dominant revolutionary leaders. Many historians agree that Lenin is one of the most influential political leaders in history. The disagreement among historians is most likely to concern just how Lenin became as influential as he did. Some will argue it was his upbringing‚ others believe it is the tragedies he faced in his early life and some
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Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita tells the story of a deeply disturbed man’s relationship with a young girl. In the novel‚ the character of Humbert Humbert is on a constant quest to discover the perfect nymphet‚ young girls “who… reveal their true nature which is not human‚ but nymphic‚” (Nabokov 24). Humbert heightens these girls to a sexual pedestal‚ stating that he “was consumed by a hell furnace of localized lust” by the mere sight of these girls (26). This obsession does not stem from birth‚ but from
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In April 1917‚ a month after the Romanov Dynasty in Russia effectively ended with the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II‚ Vladimir Ilich Lenin returned to Russia from exile with a formidable revolutionary mentality. The Tsar’s abdication prompted a period of dual power between select members of the defunct fourth Duma‚ now termed the Provisional Government‚ and the newly formed Petrograd Soviet. This arrangement offered a sense of political stability‚ a stability that was detrimental to Lenin’s quest
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