An Analysis of the Tragic Fate of Humbert and Lolita in Lolita
Abstract
Lolita is the masterpiece of the renowned writer Vladimir Nabokov, which describes the abnormal love between the 12-year-old girl and her step-father. This thesis attempts to interpret the hero’s tragic fate. Humbert is a selfish sexual hedonist, due to his imperfect first love in childhood, his sensitive nature and his suppression of childhood sexual experience, so he becomes a pedophilia. All these cause his destruct life by the way of pursuit the nymphet Lolita. Lolita is a rebellious girl, after being seduced by Humbert, her life is obstructed the tragedy color, but the family life and the social environment influence also directly or indirectly push the girl toward the tragedy fate. By interpreting the tragic fate of the main characters in the novel, we have a clear point of view on this novel, that is, how to teach adolescents properly in such a world where great impact of science and technology prevails.
Key Words: Humbert; Lolita; seduce; rebel; tragedy; fate
摘 要
《洛丽塔》是著名作家弗•纳博科夫的代表作，描绘了继父与少女之间的畸形之恋。本文主要分析作品中男女主人公的悲剧命运。亨伯特是1个自私的性享乐者，敏感的天性和压抑的童年性经验造就了亨伯特的恋童癖，以至于在后来生活中，不顾1切的去追寻梦幻中的洛丽塔，最终毁灭了自己，同时也毁灭了他人；洛丽塔是1个青春期的叛逆女孩，遭到了亨伯特的引诱，从此她的人生遮上了悲剧的色彩，而家庭生活与社会环境的影响也不无直接或间接将这个女孩推往悲剧的人生道路。通过对小说主要人物的悲剧命运分析，我们清楚的了解了《洛丽塔》这部严肃的作品对我们今天的社会的指导意义，它向父母、教师、教育体系甚至全社会都提出了怎样在今天这个高科技的时代正确引导青少年的问题。
关键词：亨伯特、洛丽塔、引诱、叛逆、悲剧、命运