Vladimir Nabokov wrote Lolita to attempt to show a perspective from a psychologically deranged individual who is, in essence, in love with his twelve year-old stepdaughter, Lolita. The story goes from bad to worse as time progresses and as the main character and author Humbert spends more time with Lolita. After the death of his wife, Charlotte, we see his psychological sickness progress. Ultimately, Lolita shows that Humbert is indeed performing bad things, but through Nabokov's character depth of Humbert, we sympathize with him not because he is bad, but because he is sick. There are two main drives that ignite this story, obsession and denial.
Humbert lives his life for necessity. What he needs or wants at that particular moment is what drives him. Possibly affected by Annabel's death at the early stages of his life, he becomes obsessed with Lolita. He wants and needs Lolita, and that is his only desire. He manipulates Charlotte into thinking he loves her, and he uses this as an excuse to be around Lolita constantly. Lolita fools with him, she teases him and this only ignites his desire more. Humbert does all he can to thwart Lolita's plans of being with boys and getting out to have her own life. His jealousy and paranoia keep Lolita from maintaining a normal life. He is unaware, though, that one with the same desire and passion as he is on their trail, in the form of Clare Quilty. When Lolita eventually disappears, his drive is to find Lolita by retracing every portion of the long journey that he and Lolita shared, while reducing his sexual tension with Rita, the disturbed woman he has an affair with while searching for Lolita. As he hears what had happened, his necessity becomes the desire to find Quilty and to harm him. He does so by killing him. As the end of the story closes, Humbert reveals that he is in jail awaiting trial for the murder of Quilty. His drive at that point is to free himself of the charges brought against him.
The human soul and immortality is one of the most debated philosophies among religions. ... My beliefs as a Muslim shape my philosophy on the soul and immortality. I believe the soul to be a spirit created by God for each and every human being. ... I believe every action in my life is noted down, and God is always watching me. After this life, the soul will be returned to the Creator. ...
The poem begins with the idea that the body and soul are separate entities that break apart at death. ... " Thy firmness makes my circle just and makes me end, where I began". ... In the holy sonnet batter my heart Donne uses violent paradoxes to explain more complex issues. ... The alliteration "To Brake, Blow, Burn" shows the repetitive crushing that Donne feels is necessary of god in order to make a person clean of sin. ... In the sonnet Batter my heart Donne uses images of evil and torture. ...
How do I view holiness in my life? ... Written throughout the Bible, there are promises of forgiveness for sins and freedom from the power of sin. ... It means to love God with my entire being; with all my heart, with all my soul, with all my mind and all my strength. ... A majority of them responded by saying, "Being like Christ" or "Serving Him with a all my heart, soul, mind and strength" or purity within my heart." ... Jesus said to him, "Tend my sheep." ...
If I died tomorrow where would my soul go? ... Question after question popped into my head at different points in my life. ... My physical body may have told me I didn't want to be there, but my heart told me I was in the right place. ... As I began to ask God to forgive me of all of my sins, and that I needed Him in my life, I began to cry. ... I said yes, with tears in my eyes. ...
As the woman in front of the prison door stated: "Goodwives," said a hard-featured of fifty, "I"ll tell ye a piece of my mind. ... During the novel, the reader is constantly reminded of the excessive guilt Dimmesdale faces for committing such a sin. ... Alienated from society and from ones self is none the less harmful as alienation from ones soul. ... Are my purposes wont to be so shallow? ... Obviously, Chillingsworth contains a lot of hatred in his soul, which keeps him away from it. ...
In my opinion the views he delivered in his narrative regarding the effects of the whites and blacks were quite balanced and fair. ... Once again, we see how the affects of slavery changed the heart of a kind soul to that of a hardened sinner. ... He writes, "The more I read, the more I was led to abhor and detest my enslavers. ... So we see that slavery took its toll on the souls of the slaves as well. ... Sin is a horrible thing, and for one to sin and not admit his actions are sin is far worse; for they are blind to their sin and continue to sin, which leads to their destruction. ...
Sin and Redemption: The Effect's on One's Heart In the Scarlet Letter, sin and redemption are major reoccurring themes that are the basis of the plot. ... It takes Hester many years of "soul searching" to become somewhat happy again. ... The guilt brought upon by his sin, causes huge amounts of emotional turmoil to rise within his soul. ... After seven long years of hurt and anguish, as a dying man, he finally confesses his sin thereby purifying his soul. ... So let me make haste to take my shame upon me." ...
Christian Doctrine seems like a quite contradictory way of explaining why a soul goes to Hell. ... In my experiences in the first seventeen years of my life, show that the cultural perception of God and Hell in Berkshire county come and go with necessity. ... For example in the sixteenth century heretics were burned at the stake in the name of God, but their souls would have already had a place in Hell after they died. ... For this sin these would all be very good punishments since they all are tied to the likeness of my sin. ... I understand why this would be a sin, since my indulgence is af...
PRAYER "Now I lay me down to sleep I pray the Lord my soul to keep. ... I can remember as a child reciting it on my knees by my bed before I was allowed to go to sleep. ... Does God really listen to my prayers? ... Often times I would also have to kneel down on benches if it was time to confess my sins against God and my neighbor. ... I've been able to recite this prayer or creed since I was a young child, along with several other standardized prayers such as The Lord's Prayer, the Confession of Sin, and several forms of the Prayers of the People. ...
