The ending of Lolita was thrilling. The conclusion of Lolita
truly shows the evolution that Hummbet Humbert goes through. He understands that
he is a terrible person when he calls himself a “pentapod monster”. He understands that he had
stolen/ruined Lolita’s childhood. He harvested Lolita’s childhood (nymphensy) for
his own disgusting needs. However, he realizes that he can no longer continuing
his merriment with Lolita; furthermore he needs to take responsibility for
Lolita as an adult. The fact that he goes after Quilty is ambiguous to me
because I am not sure what Humbert Humbert’s intentions really are. In one hand
there is the idea that the reason he wants to kill Quilty and succeeds is
because he wants to make sure that Quilty pays for kidnapping Lolita and harassing
her which means that he is doing it for
Lolita. The other reason he wants to kill Quilty is because he took her away
from him causing him to lose out on Lolita’s nymph stage which would be a
selfish act.
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