Humbert ~ Caliban

I know the topic of Humbert as Caliban from The Tempest by Shakespeare has been discussed in earlier lectures this semester, but it really clicked in my head during class on Tuesday. I had read The Tempest last semester in my capstone class and then saw a production of it by Shakespeare in the Parks at Sweet Pea Festival this past August. The second reading of Lolita and my two recent encounters with The Tempest and Caliban made this connection visible to me. I guess you could say I had an epiphany - a term frequently discussed in class, including this past Tuesday - because I was reading Lolita for the second time. I didn't see the connection when we discussed it when I was on my first reading of the novel.

I am thinking of writing my midterm paper on Humbert as a vampire. I am working with monsters in my Myth, Metaphor, Metamorphoses class with Dr. Lynda Sexson this semester and Dracula is a mythic figure we are discussing and vampire lore and mythology is going to be the basis of my semester project. Writing this paper on Humbert as a vampire will help me focus my ideas and thoughts. The two classes having an overlap and connection is fun, and interesting to explore and ponder.