Certainly the love triangle that existed between Charlotte, Humbert, and Lolita is perverted. Charlotte loves Humbert, her husband, and Humbert loves Lolita, her child. Although I do not believe that the love between Lolita and Humbert is incest, I do believe that Lolita has an Electra complex. An Electra complex is not necessarily a sexual desire for one's father, but rather a desire for the man one's mother gives her affection to. Lolita and Humbert's mutual love does not exist until after Charlotte's death. This being said, according to Freud, with an Electra complex, the girl begins to identify with and emulate her mother out of fear of losing her love. Perhaps Lolita's sexual desire for Humbert started as a way of mourning her mother.
This could be why Lolita moves on with her life. When one is mourning a dead loved one, it eventually passes; the void is filled. If Lolita had an Electra complex that emerged from the death of her mother, it can be argued that the timeline of Lolita's dying love for Humbert is directly correlated with the growing acceptance of her mother's death.
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