After completing Lolita I could not help but wonder if Lolita ever did love Humbert. When we first began to read the novel I did not think Lolita felt any love toward Humbert, but throughout the novel my opinion changed. She began to show interest in Humbert. However, at the end of the novel Lolita writes to Humbert saying, “I’m married. I’m going to have a baby” (Nabokov 266). Throughout the letter, Lolita seems happy and does not seem to miss Humbert at all. This makes me question Lolita’s feeling throughout most of the novel. Did Lolita ever love Humbert? Was she hoping for someone to steal her away all along? Personally after reading the outcome of the novel I do not believe Lolita loved Humbert. If she did she would not have went off to marry another man and write Humbert about it. It is as if she is gloating. However, I do believe that Humbert loved Lolita. Humbert became distraught once Lolita left and it led him to murder and, ultimately, his arrest. If Humbert did not love Lolita would he have murdered the man who took her? Would he have emotionally spiraled out of control? Although Humbert started off as a disturbing man, he has become a man that any one of us can relate to. Someone who got their heart broken.
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